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Stimulus created 600,000 jobs at the end of 2009, White House says
Washington Post ^ | 2/1/10 | Ed O'Keefe

Posted on 01/31/2010 8:36:26 PM PST by Nachum

The Obama administration's economic stimulus program created nearly 600,000 jobs in the final three months of 2009, a figure in line with the administration's goals for job creation through the end of 2010, the White House reported Saturday night.

The new total was down from the totals reported for the previous quarter, partly because the administration decided in December to count only the jobs paid for with stimulus funding instead of estimating the number of jobs "created or saved" with the money.

Critics had panned the "created or saved" measurement as a subjective and confusing way of determining the program's success.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2009; 2009review; bhoeconomy; bhostimulus; jobs; stimulus
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1 posted on 01/31/2010 8:36:27 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


2 posted on 01/31/2010 8:36:53 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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Stimulus created 600,000 jobs at the end of 2009, White House says

LOL! That "White House" is one crazy dude!

3 posted on 01/31/2010 8:38:11 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If the CIA and NASA are going to "monitor climate change", why the hell do we need the EPA?)
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To: Nachum

Jobs or careers???? A job can last for just so long ....


4 posted on 01/31/2010 8:38:33 PM PST by SkyDancer (But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father)
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To: Nachum

Just can’t wait for the *saved* part.


5 posted on 01/31/2010 8:39:34 PM PST by quantim
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To: Nachum

That’s a tiny fraction of the job losses. Total failure of the usefulness of government stimulus.


6 posted on 01/31/2010 8:39:43 PM PST by omega4179 (NOT TRUE.)
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To: SkyDancer

I’d create 600,000 jobs too if I smoked crack..


7 posted on 01/31/2010 8:39:51 PM PST by max americana
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To: Nachum
Created?

Any jobs to be counted were gov't union jobs funded from Zer0's stash.

8 posted on 01/31/2010 8:40:07 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Nachum

S T U P I D E S T
P R E S I D E N T
E V A H ! ! ! ! !


9 posted on 01/31/2010 8:40:17 PM PST by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: Nachum
600,000 government jobs with an average salary of $70,000 or more???
10 posted on 01/31/2010 8:40:34 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Nachum
600,000 jobs?

In China, maybe.

You Lie Stamp



11 posted on 01/31/2010 8:41:22 PM PST by FrankR (The ones of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
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To: Nachum

Who added the three extra zeroes at the end?


12 posted on 01/31/2010 8:41:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2 million for Sarah Palin: What will you do?)
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To: Nachum

600,000 government jobs?

While how many millions of jobs in the private sector, where wealth is created, were lost?

Wake up, Zero!


13 posted on 01/31/2010 8:41:47 PM PST by Zman516 (muslims, marxists, communists ---> satan's useful idiot corps)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Instead of Friday night release, we now have the Saturday Night release. I do declare, the administration now has "Saturday night fever"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUmJZ1kyYoU&feature=related

14 posted on 01/31/2010 8:41:59 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum
Those are the 600,000 people who have come to my door wanting to check the insulation in my attic.
15 posted on 01/31/2010 8:42:15 PM PST by stayathomemom (Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
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Cash for calkers?


16 posted on 01/31/2010 8:43:42 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

If you blinked at the end of 2009, you missed it.


17 posted on 01/31/2010 8:45:36 PM PST by dr_who
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To: Nachum

One of those new “green jobs”.


18 posted on 01/31/2010 8:45:36 PM PST by stayathomemom (Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Stuart Varney said on Hannity a couple of days ago to beware of employment stats that include census workers. They of course are temporary and will drop off incrementally as the census winds down.
19 posted on 01/31/2010 8:46:48 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
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To: Nachum
partly because the administration decided in December to count only the jobs paid for with stimulus funding

jobs paid for and jobs reated are 2 different things.

still spin.

check out Freeper JOAT from July 2009

How Stimulus Funds 'Create' Jobs
20 posted on 01/31/2010 8:48:19 PM PST by stylin19a
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