White House Tally Appears to Overstate Stimulus Jobs

The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could be overstated by at least 20,000 of the 640,000 claimed, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.

Recipients of the government grants and contracts appear to have made mistakes when estimating the number of jobs that have been saved or created, according to the Journal's review. Some recipients said they were confused by forms that asked how they spent the money. Full Story »

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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Nov. 4, 2009

I would like to see more of the big picture summary after the anecdotals. Also, converting the numbers to percentages is always a helpful aid in such an anaylsis.

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