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Cost-benefit analysis of jobs stimulus: ($246,436 per job)
Rueters ^ | 12/7/09 | James Pethokoukis

Posted on 12/07/2009 12:04:08 PM PST by Nachum

The Obama Administration is touting that their stimulus program has saved or created 640,329 jobs since it was enacted back in February through the end of October. This number is updated and posted on the Administration’s recovery.gov web site. That amounts to $246,436 per job based on the $157.8bn that has been awarded so far!

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: analysis; costbenefit; jobs; stimulus

1 posted on 12/07/2009 12:04:11 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


2 posted on 12/07/2009 12:04:55 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

for people to make $50K....


3 posted on 12/07/2009 12:06:44 PM PST by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Nachum

Boy, government is efficient....and only took what it needed to create those jobs. /omg

If it takes that much, they need to let the private sector create the jobs.

And turn over everything not enumerated to them to do to the private sector, including tutelage, healthcare, welfare, and research.


4 posted on 12/07/2009 12:17:40 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Nachum
Great, I was looking for that estimate in writing, saw it on FNC. Also see:

ABC NEWS--World News with Charles Gibson (reports stimulus a huge success)

5 posted on 12/07/2009 12:19:20 PM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the government spending you demand stupid")
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