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Obama's Stimulus a Farce in New Hampshire
Publius Forum ^ | 08/24/09 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 08/24/2009 9:28:13 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus

One of the first states to attempt to tally the "new jobs" that Obama's stimulus created has issued its first report and the news is rather discreditable to say the least. New Hampshire's Director of the Economic Stimulus, Bud Fitch, recently put out his report and he is asserting that the stimulus "saved" or created 796 jobs in all of the state. Naturally 700 of those jobs were government jobs.

New Hampshire Public Radio interviewed economist Brian Gottlob who warned that the supposed 700 jobs saved, nearly all were in education, were probably not jobs on the chopping block in the first place. So to say that these jobs were "saved" is a bit absurd.

Gottlob says that few of these jobs in education would have been cut because the budgets would have been found to keep them stimulus or no. It is infrequent that state jobs in education have been cut in the past, according to Gottlob, so to say that the stimulus "saved" these jobs is not very credible.

The method of counting the jobs "created" by the stimulus is also rather suspect. All jobs, even part time or temporary, are counted as jobs "created" by the stimulus. But, in reality, a temporary job that lasts a few months or a part time job that has no future and no benefits aren't really legitimate jobs.

Sadly, the method being used to count "new jobs" is a sham in and of itself. Instead of counting a full time job as a job created, the White House method is to add up all the hours worked by "new" employees, divide that by a full time work week and then claim that this is a job "created." This is the sort of creative accounting work that lends truth to the saying that "figures don't lie, but liars figure."

But, let's take at face value that the New Hampshire stimulus actually "created" 796 jobs with 700 of those being government jobs. Is this a good thing? Is it in any way stimulating the economy? Of course it isn't. In fact, these 700 government jobs "saved" actually hurt the economy, not help it.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoeconomy; bhostimulus; democrats; economy; newhampsire; obam; sti; stimulus; ulus
As I've always said, the only thing CommieObamaie is "stimulating" is government.
1 posted on 08/24/2009 9:28:13 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus
Pravada
2 posted on 08/24/2009 9:32:44 AM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus; Little Bill; OCCASparky; mvpel; Jim Noble; catiwompus; Redleg Duke; andy58-in-nh; ...
This was in the Nashua Telegraph last week. Being from NH, 796 jobs even here ain't much, especially when you consider unemployment has DOUBLED in the past year. That's about 30,000 jobs lost. Those are REAL jobs lost, not some government "make work".

NH PING!!!
3 posted on 08/24/2009 9:32:45 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Is there a rational person in America who thought that this “stimulus” would ever create a real job.


4 posted on 08/24/2009 9:33:52 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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5 posted on 08/24/2009 9:37:50 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
nearly all were in education

So the plan is have have educated but unemployed graduates?

6 posted on 08/24/2009 9:39:23 AM PDT by John123 (My Definition of Liberals - Folks who validates their existence by calling someone a racist.)
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To: OCCASparky

Are you keeping a NH ping list? If so, add me to it.

I’m trying to find NH town halls so I can join the parties.


7 posted on 08/24/2009 9:45:39 AM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: andy58-in-nh

I knew I saw that sign somewhere...on the 101 between Exeter and Epping—and why exactly did that section of road need “improvement” anyway, when the Spaulding is what REALLY needs fixing, including the bridge!!!!


8 posted on 08/24/2009 9:51:04 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: AlmaKing

Will take care of it tonight. Welcome.


9 posted on 08/24/2009 9:51:40 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: OCCASparky

add me too please


10 posted on 08/24/2009 9:59:08 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: OCCASparky

Same thing on Rt 122 in Amherst & Hollis. It probably did not need to be paved and repainted for 5-10 years.
However, they had to use the money for state roads only.
The only people benefitting fromthis stimulus in NH is that guy Audley that gets all the state highway contracts.


11 posted on 08/24/2009 10:02:23 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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That sign is everywhere - on I-93, along Route 101, and on 393 in Concord. And every section of road being worked on could have lasted another five years.

It's like the Mass Turnpike - they pave the same friggin' section of road every two years (whether it's needed or not) because it creates "good jobs at good wages" for Turnpike hacks, state "inspectors" who never seem to inspect anything, and "assigned detail" police officers in the last year of duty working triple overtime so that they can retire at 150% of their normal pensions. Welcome to the public sector, America.

12 posted on 08/24/2009 10:09:00 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: OCCASparky

Please add me to the NH ping list. I live in Amherst.


13 posted on 08/24/2009 10:24:08 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Don't fire unless fired upon, but it they mean to have a war, let it begin here." J Parker, 1775)
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To: OCCASparky

can you put me on the pinglist too? I live in Grafton.


14 posted on 08/24/2009 11:55:46 AM PDT by ellipsis ( “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.” — Mark Twain)
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