Massachusetts: About Those Saved Or Created Jobs

[Annie]

Color me shocked!

Stimulus fund job benefits exaggerated, review finds - The Boston Globe

Stimulus job boost in state exaggerated, review finds
Errors, incomplete data, estimated positions go into federal report
By Jenn Abelson and Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | November 11, 2009
While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Globe review shows that number is wildly exaggerated. Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started.

The Globe’s finding is based on the federal government’s just-released accounts of stimulus spending at the end of October. It lists the nearly $4 billion in stimulus awards made to an array of Massachusetts government agencies, universities, hospitals, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations, and notes how many jobs each created or saved.

But in interviews with recipients, the Globe found that several openly acknowledged creating far fewer jobs than they have been credited for....

 

[Xenophon]

The phrase they are looking for is 'wishful thinking.'

It was obvious some time ago the 'stimulous' was simply an old wish list of pet projects teh dems wanted to pass but never had the votes for and was never about 'jobs' and the economy.

 

[DiamondDave]

More proof of this 'saved jobs' shell game

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Color me shocked!

Stimulus fund job benefits exaggerated, review finds - The Boston Globe

Stimulus job boost in state exaggerated, review finds
Errors, incomplete data, estimated positions go into federal report
By Jenn Abelson and Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | November 11, 2009
While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Globe review shows that number is wildly exaggerated. Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started.

The Globe’s finding is based on the federal government’s just-released accounts of stimulus spending at the end of October. It lists the nearly $4 billion in stimulus awards made to an array of Massachusetts government agencies, universities, hospitals, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations, and notes how many jobs each created or saved.

But in interviews with recipients, the Globe found that several openly acknowledged creating far fewer jobs than they have been credited for....

The truth must be stifled

I have a feeling Del may actually merge a thread, he made this one the other day.