640,329

America Blog  Nov 02 09

640,329. That's how many jobs the White House claims were created by the stimulus package. You can find it on their Web site Recovery.gov. And the number is almost certainly wrong, but not for the reasons you will hear from John Boehner or any of the other knee-jerk naysayers.Numbers like these are the result of the White House telling people lower down: "We need numbers and we need them now. We are getting pressure to show results, and you need to tell us how many jobs were created or saved by stimulus money. Do it and do it now." Well, I dont know about you, but when MY boss tells me something like that I get back to him with a number within the hour. Full story...

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