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June 5, 2009
Comrade Obama Creates Zillions of Jobs
Posted by Dave Blount at June 5, 2009 8:48 AM
It's a good thing Chairman Zero's Porkulus looting spree "created or saved 150,000 jobs." Otherwise, the employment situation wouldn't be looking so rosy:
Former White House spokesman Tony Fratto comments:
After nearly twenty years in Washington I thought I've seen every trick ever conceived, but the White House claims of "jobs saved" attributed to the stimulus bill is unrivaled. What causes the jaw to drop is not just the breathtaking deception of the claim, but the gullibility of the Washington press corps to continue reporting it.
News stories from President Obama's event last week hailing the 100-day mark since the stimulus was passed typically repeated the assertion that the stimulus has already "created or saved 150,00 jobs." ("And that's just the beginning," the President crowed.)
Here's an important note to my friends in the news media: the White House has absolutely no earthly clue how many job losses have been prevented because of the stimulus bill. None. Not Christina Romer. Not Jared Bernstein. Not Austen Goolsbee.
Each of these distinguished economists would have failed Statistics 101 for making such a laughable claim. But we see them now repeating these assertions to reporters who have seemingly abandoned all skepticism.
On a positive note, our chocolate ration has been raised from 30 grams to 20 grams.
On a tip from Logan.
