Fuzzy Math

[UNT90]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_...s_counting_jobs

Wow... Just wow.

[yyz28]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_...s_counting_jobs

Wow... Just wow.

Yeah, it's an under reported story.

Here's how it works. If your company recieves stimulus money and you hire 4 people, but give 10 other people a raise, or simply fund their existing payroll with stimulus money allowing you to free up other dollars to do other things, the government gets to count 14 new jobs. They get to count jobs people already have as new jobs. That's a neat trick, isn't it?

[KRAM1]

Stupid is as stupid does. A third grade math student knows this is stupid. The "change" is beginning to come into view fairly clearly. How about all those wonderful jobs created and "saved" in the highway construction industry where tons of the stimulus $$$$ went? Hmmmmmmm...perhaps a hand out to the administrations union buddies, but certainly no job creation stimulus as I can find...seems the news is beginning to pick up on this a bit as well. Dear me.....