Last week, as the national debt topped $12 trillion for the first time in US history, one influential policymaker said, “I think it is important, though, to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt … that at some point, …
Read Original Story: America Needs More Jobs, Not More Debt – Big Government (blog)
WASHINGTON — Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a jobs package that could devote tens of billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in …
Read Original Story: Jobs bill becomes a priority for Democrats – Buffalo News
Well, well, so the Obama administration created recovery.gov to keep us informed about the results of the stimulus bill, jobs created/saved, reporting waste/fraud/abuse in the system. So let’s see, hundreds of jobs created/saved are showing up in …
Read Original Story: Says Obama numbers odd – Hudson Star Observer
As you sit down for Thanksgiving with your family, be thankful for President Obama. He is such a great leader that, in his hands, just $500 is enough to create or save a job. Yes, that’s right — or at least, that’s what the stimulus reports would …
Read Original Story: Stimulus Update: Be thankful for more phony jobs "created or saved" – Washington Examiner
Nancy Pelosi is contemplating another budget busting stimulus package. In Pelosi’s infinite wisdom she believes the American public longs for yet another failed stimulus wrapped in the guise of jobs creation. The $787 billion original package wasn’t …
Read Original Story: A Second Bite of the Apple – Annuit Coeptis (blog)
Your story on Saturday about the stimulus money in Portsmouth is seriously in error, starting with the headline, "City stimulus jobs found to be overstated — White House estimated 29 for project; real number is 3." First, the White House has not …
Read Original Story: Herald report on city stimulus jobs missed mark – Seacoastonline.com
Lawmakers say they’re moving fast to get a job-creation bill to Obama by January. It’s unclear how much of the effort would be funded with deficit spending. People line up at a job fair in Michigan. Congress is considering small-business loans, …
Read Original Story: Democrats work on multibillion-dollar jobs package – Los Angeles Times
The Obama administration claims that its $787 billion economic stimulus program has "created or saved" 640329 jobs across the country, with more to come. That breathtaking figure includes 24448 jobs in Illinois. Really? Those employment claims are …
Read Original Story: Stimulus snow job – Anchorage Daily News
Some local road projects, including the expansion of Baseline Road and new sidewalks in Marion Oaks, show no new jobs created even though they are under construction. By Bill Thompson Last week Marion County officials announced the winning of a $2.5 …
Read Original Story: Fuzzy Math – Ocala
Attempts to paint the economic stimulus package as a failure begin with wordy paeans to budget austerity and end with anecdotes of Spanish wind turbines and prison inmates. Responsible Republicans claim to have proposed a more effective alternative to …
Read Original Story: Creating Saved Jobs – Huffington Post (blog)
