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Oops, "created jobs" numbers are in nonexistant congressional districts

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Dec 31, 2007
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"The site -- Recovery.gov -- is under fire for posting a number of jobs created in congressional districts that don't exist and for accepting unrealistic data from several reporting outlets.

For instance, the Web site reported that 30 jobs were saved or created with $761,420 of federal stimulus spending in Arizona's 15th Congressional District. One problem with the claim -- the state has only eight districts

The site also lists 12 other non-existent districts in Arizona where jobs were reportedly saved or created. It also lists imaginary districts in at least three other states, including Oklahoma, Iowa, and Connecticut.

One recipient of stimulus funds, Talladega County of Alabama, claimed that it had saved or created 5,000 jobs from only $42,000 in government money -- which would amount to $8.40 in annual income per job if each position received an equal amount of funding..."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/200...overnment-web-site-849363506/?test=latestnews
 

POLZIN

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Nov 26, 2007
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This is the transperency they where talking about ! You can see right through there Bullchit!
 
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another example how our gov. wastes money.. on these polls,reporting agencies, etc,
this gov is so corrupt it would make the mafia look like angels. iIt is gonna take some kind of major change for the good to turn things around. Get nobama out and whomever succeeeds him "watch him/her" like a hawk looking for his next meal. Gonna get bad before it gets better, imo
 
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