MY MATH'S NOT THAT GOOD...:

Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands (BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO, 10/29/09, Associated Press)

An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports.

The government's first accounting of jobs tied to the $787 billion stimulus program claimed more than 30,000 positions paid for with recovery money. But that figure is overstated by least 5,000 jobs, according to an Associated Press review of a sample of stimulus contracts.

...but even if it's 30,000 what does that come to per job at $787 billion?

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 29, 2009 4:09 PM