HotAirhttps://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/02/04/obama-every-economist-says-i-saved-or-created-2-million-jobs/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:19:13 -0400Obama: "Every economist" says I saved or created 2 million jobs<![CDATA[Jake Tapper is a little confused, and so am I.  The White House supposedly abandoned the &#8220;saved or created&#8221; jobs metric because of its fantasy elements and prefers now to count jobs &#8220;funded&#8221; through Porkulus, an order that came from one of the chief economists in the White House, Peter Orszag. So why did Obama claim to a Nashua, New Hampshire audience on Tuesday that he had &#8220;saved or created&#8221; two million jobs?]]>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:30:46 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/02/04/obama-every-economist-says-i-saved-or-created-2-million-jobs-n167170