Obama Says GDP Growth `Affirmation’ Recession Ending
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Fudging numbers is what goverment does best. Lets see, on my block alone out of 10 homes, 3 are owner occupied, 1 is rented, and 6 empty. Yup recession is over.:-?
STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated by 1,000s
WASHINGTON — An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports.
The government's first accounting of jobs tied to the $787 billion stimulus program claimed more than 30,000 positions paid for with recovery money. But that figure is overstated by least 5,000 jobs, or one in six, according to an Associated Press review of a sample of stimulus contracts
The Associated Press: STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated by 1,000s
WASHINGTON — An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports.
The government's first accounting of jobs tied to the $787 billion stimulus program claimed more than 30,000 positions paid for with recovery money. But that figure is overstated by least 5,000 jobs, or one in six, according to an Associated Press review of a sample of stimulus contracts
The Associated Press: STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated by 1,000s