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Another Porkulus fable in New Hampshire?

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/05/26/another-porkulus-fable-in-new-hampshire/

Posted: May 26, 2010

"From tax cuts to construction projects, the Recovery Act is now firing on all cylinders when it comes to creating jobs and putting Americans back to work," Vice President Joe Biden wrote in a statement. … In January, the stimulus office reported that as of December, if all stimulus money had been paid out only to people working 40 hours a week over a full year, then the equivalent of 2,021 jobs had been created. … The estimate, released Friday by President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, shows the White House could be within striking range of its initial prediction that stimulus money would create or save 16,000 jobs in the Granite State…

New Obama metric: “Jobs supported”

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2011/10/13/new-obama-metric-jobs-supported/

Posted: October 13, 2011

Second, this foundational assumption clashes with empirical results like those shown in Figure 4 of the Administration paper – in which local education employment is seen to plummet virtually at the precise moment that the 2009 Recovery Act's funds are reportedly supporting education job retention. … Only those organizations employ a lot more people than just teachers, police officers, and fire fighters; most states have vast bureaucracies that ended up getting "saved" thanks to the infusion of cash that allowed legislatures to put off tough decisions on the size and nature of government during the economic crisis. … The American Jobs Act Will Support Nearly 400,000 Education Jobs—Preventing Layoffs and Allowing Thousands More to Be Hired or Rehired: The President's plan will more than offset projected layoffs, providing support for nearly 400,000 education jobs—enough for states to avoid harmful layoffs and rehire tens of thousands of teachers who lost their jobs over the past three years…

Post-SOTU poll shows disbelief among most voters on Obama claims

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/01/3...shows-disbelief-among-most-voters-on-obama-claims/

Posted: January 30, 2010

However, Rasmussen reports that the approval ratings of Republicans and independents didn't change at all, which may indicate that Obama has done little to appeal to the center with this effort. … Overall, Obama is getting a good, solid F for achievements and honesty, but the SOTU speech did have one salutary effect: it momentarily increased the enthusiasm of Democrats. … In every age and income demographic, a majority or plurality reject that claim, including those who make less than $20K a year -- where many of the potential hires for new jobs would come…

Recovery.con?

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/11/29/recovery-con/

Posted: November 29, 2009

Asked how long these jobs were off the chopping block, Conway said, "My understanding is the stimulus money is a two year commitment" Asked whether any of the teachers knew that their jobs would have been cut absent the federal money, Conway responded, "No." … Lynch told the Courier that the inaccurate number of 60 jobs created by the purchase of vans "counted both the second and third fiscal quarters, when it was only supposed to count the third quarter. … Recovery.gov reports that Putnam County has received $1,092,595 of stimulus money for projects, $319,000 of which was dedicated to purchasing five new Paratransit vans, manufactured by Turtletop Busses in Indiana…

Obamateurism of the Day

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/01/13/obamateurism-of-the-day-187/

Posted: January 13, 2010

When The Associated Press first reported flaws in the job counts in October, the White House said errors were being corrected and future counts would provide a full and correct accounting of just how many stimulus jobs were saved or created. … Despite mounting a vigorous defense of its earlier count of more than 640,000 jobs credited to the stimulus, even after numerous errors were identified, the Obama administration now is making it easier to give the stimulus credit for hiring. … The White House has abandoned its controversial method of counting jobs under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus, making it impossible to track the number of jobs saved or created with the $787 billion in recovery money…

WH fumbling jobs, ObamaCare messages

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/01/24/wh-fumbling-the-obamacare-message/

Posted: January 24, 2010

There are some terrific ideas that we can implement, from tax credits for small businesses to more incentives for green jobs, but full recovery will happen only when the private sector begins hiring in earnest. … "Pass the bill and when people realize that they have new power relative to their insurance companies, when they realize if they're a senior citizen they've got new coverage on prescription drugs, no more huge doughnut hole, when people realize there's a cap on their out of pocket expenses, let the proponents of health insurance reform say 'No, we want to take that away from you. … The block grants in Porkulus allowed states to paper over budget gaps that should have prompted legislatures to curtail spending, which would have eliminated thousands and thousands of positions in various bureaucracies…

Porkulus job fables in Michigan

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/11/16/porkulus-job-fables-in-michigan/

Posted: November 16, 2009

The states don't have the revenue to keep all of their bureaucracies in place for the long term, which means each year Obama will have to have a Porkulus outlay or the "saved or created" jobs will disappear due to the eventual exercise of fiscal responsibility. … Peter Morici, the University of Maryland economist, told the Free Press that 90% of the supposed stimulus would take place in the public sector, not the private sector -- and the FP's numbers support that conclusion. … The Free Press examination of more than 1,800 government reports of those who have received or expect to receive stimulus money found the biggest impact was spurring or protecting public-sector or summer jobs -- not private-sector jobs…

The 50-job lawnmower, and other Porkulus job fables

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/11/1...he-50-job-lawnmower-and-other-porkulus-job-fables/

Posted: November 13, 2009

In Connecticut, the accounting for jobs saved and created apparently neglected to check the work, claiming that Porkulus funds saved 108 jobs in a police department of 22 officers -- who weren't at risk of being laid off anyway. … Last week the Obama administration released reports from more than 130,000 recipients of stimulus money in which they claimed to have saved or created more than 640,000 jobs, but a review of those reports shows that some are simply wrong, while others contain apparently subjective estimates. … Give the New York Times credit for catching this last week, adding Arkansas to the growing list of states with ridiculous levels of inflation in an already-ridiculous calculation of "saved or created" jobs…

Video: San Diego TV station says Porkulus created … one job

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/11/1...an-diego-tv-station-says-porkulus-created-one-job/

Posted: November 16, 2009

If nothing else, though, the utter failure of Porkulus to slow joblessless in California and Boxer's shameless flacking for it should allow the eventual Republican nominee to gain ground in a tough election. … In fact, they expose Boxer's dishonest representation of NIH grant money for research as "stimulus" funds, and marvel at the poor performance of Boxer in office (via Brian Faughnan) … The continuing exposure of Porkulus Job Fables goes to San Diego, which used a Barbara Boxer appearance hailing job creation in the area…