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Despite Surge in Unemployment, White House Says Economic Stimulus ‘Saved or Created’ 250,000 Jobs
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Fred Lucas
CNSNews
October 20, 2009
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It is difficult to say how many jobs were “saved” and how many were “created” by the $67 billion in stimulus education grants, said Jared Bernstein, executive director of the White House’s Middle Class Task Force and chief economist for Vice President Joe Biden. He also did not know how many jobs were teaching jobs or other public school staff positions.
“These are jobs directly created or saved through spending, through the recovery act,” Bernstein told reporters at the daily White House press briefing. “Layoffs were avoided in this case.”
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October 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I lost my job working telemarketing for Sears within two weeks of Obama’s inauguration. My job went to Thailand. But candy bars are $1.25 at their sister store, K-Mart. WOWZERS! Not only does outsourcing NOT save US money, it has also cost us EVERYTHING! I haven’t had a candy bar since I lost my job. It’s not fair. I want my chocorations to go up. DOUBLEPLUS GOOD!
WAGON! WAGON!
DEAD BODIES DRAGGIN’!
MCL
Gandhi Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Yea they hired more mercs and storm troopers to enforce change.
jc Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Bush , Oboma are true American crooks , but there is a nice warm spot waiting for them
David PK Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
http://www.rollingstone.com/po....._swindle/1 You gotta read this !!!!!
chickenmcnuggets Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
outsourcing is the problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSYiCLloShE Without this basic knowledge we havent got a clue
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
It’s not just outsourcing, it’s the collapse of the economy, in general.
Highlanderess Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
And the outsourcing contributed to the collapse.
jeffohio Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:47 am
Outsourcing is the single biggest issue , leading up to the crisis.
Add overpriced oil and the going-on at Wall St, Fannie and Fredie and the big banks.
If people’s jobs were’nt being sent overseas, maybe they could pay the mortgage.
Gary Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:56 am
True, it has.
Madman Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
You are right Gary, it’s NOT just outsourcing… it’s the economy in general, but if you stopped outsourcing, and forced companies in the USA to actually employee the workforce here standing around at the unemployment line, it wouldn’t be perfect, but it’d be a damn good start to getting American’s back to work.
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Correct. Don’t hold your breath waiting for it, though.
Madman Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
LOL, if we did, we would be as dead as Ross Perot’s political career… sad thing is, he warned everyone about what was coming, and everyone laughed at him.
T Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
But chocolate prices are down! Never mind what you see at the store, we are telling you that prices are down!! Times are good, comrade!
Chris Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 5:23 am
I got news for you, I work for a candy company, and the price of cocoa, cocoa beans, cocoa butter (chocolate) is increasing. You may just be quoting form the movie 1984.
THE WATCHER Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Here’s the ONLY cure for what’s ailing the USA – http://www.flickr.com/photos/m.....et-983397/
October 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
i could have been first but i dropped my beer
HillbillyJihad&TheBubbaLibertionFront Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
“Who’s goin’ chicken huntin’??? We’s goin chicken huntin’!!! Cut a MF’n chicken down right???” “All ‘HAIL’ Thermal Expansion!!!”
dopamine Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 6:07 am
woop woop mcl
October 20th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Ya. Saved or created government jobs at the expence of private sector jobs. One consumes, the other creates. One will pull us out of this mess, the other will perpetuate it further. Of course how many of those private sector jobs actually work for the NWO who in turn actually pulls the strings of the public sector?
October 20th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
“The stimulus is working”
What a joke, unless your working on the road there is no jobs.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
This is the biggest bunch of crap that I’ve heard today. Just gets better and better.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
3rd? Does that count for anything?
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Nope. Neither does being first.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I only believe about 1% of the crap that the Government puts out…….Yep…..you guesed it. This ain’t it.
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
You sheep!
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Interesting how your reply to me and my reply back to you have mysteriously disappeared now, eh? Must have been something I said.
massive attack Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
aj bootleg staff remove 118 comments im going to meet the’ boys soon!!!! clowning around 100% true
October 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Created 10 jobs killed 30 million jobs!
Not to be off topic but check this out. Operation paperclip
http://www.mindcontrolforums.c.....rclip4.htm
October 20th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Yeah, jobs in China.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
LAST
October 20th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
We cannot afford to shut up about this nonsense.
http://www.youtube.com/sheldonshow
October 20th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
lies, lies, lies and more lies.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
CITI Bank closes credit card accounts without warning !!!
Shannon Burdette tried to pay with her Shell Mastercard after filling up her gas tank this weekend but found the card rejected. Confused, she called the customer service line on the back of the card, issued by Citibank, and was told the account was closed because of something that appeared on her credit report.
http://digg.com/business_finan.....ut_warning
BARNEY I LOVEFRANKSINMYASS Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
AND YOUR POINT.SHE OBVIOUS SUCKS,AND CANT KEEP HER CREDIT UP.SHE SHOULD PAY CASH ONLY ANYWAY.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
These clowns can teach Goebels and Bagdad Bob a few tricks about using the BIG LIE!
October 20th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
i spend about 8 hrs a day looking for work, i have been looking every day since jan 1 2009 when i lost my job in a steel pipe mill,but had that happen in the early eighties too when the mills all went down in Pittsburgh , no bailouts then, but the people that made this happen get rewards, and im sick of it
October 20th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
YA, 250,000 JOBS AT $553,000.00 PER JOB,ANOTHER GREAT DEAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT.THESE FRICKIN CLOWNS COULDN’T RUN A DAIRY QUEEN.STIMULUS MY ASS.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
This is almost laughable. Yes they created jobs, jobs that will be gone as soon as the stimulus money runs out and they will be back to the unemployment office filing for unemployment. Most of these created jobs were no skills/low skills and just for making the numbers look good. I lost my job today because of state cut backs. I won’t get unemployment, because I am a part timer.
American Veteran Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
hEY I GOT A JOB WITH THE STIMULUS CAN WE ALL SAY DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT
October 20th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
YOU ALL MUST BE SOME LAZY BASTARD’S.THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK OUT THERE.THANK GOD FOR NWO,THEY EMPLOYE PEOPLE EVERY DAY.WORSHIP THEM,AND SAVE YOUR JOB.
Highlanderess Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Screw you.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
you are all bitches of the nwo,get over it,stop your sillyness,and bend over and take what’s cumming to you.
Highlanderess Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
PIG.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Tell that to the 2.2 MILLION that just Marched in Washington or the MILLIONS that protested at Tea Parties and Tax Revolt protests and Healthcare Town Hall protests.
Someone tell that economic adviser that the White House belongs to us and were coming home soon to collect the rent.
That person will be one of the first to leave when he sees the American people coming in to rearange the furnioture.
The tention in the country is growing by the day and people are just looking for the Uniter.
One person will be chosen to ignite the mass’s and it will be a person that does not seek the position.
History will repeat it’s self and a FREEDOM leader will emerge and the birth of a new America will begin and be enforced by WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE…………….
So shall it be said, so shall it be.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Congress isn’t very good at math if they think it was a good deal to borrow $67 Billion at interest to pay teachers to not get fired. For each job “saved” we spent $268,000 plus interest!! The average teacher probably makes about $26,800 per year, meaning we could have outright paid off 10 times that many people with that much money!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
The money for the paychecks for all of the ” JOBS” saved comes from the money stolen from the over taxing of honest, hardworking people in the workplace.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
The American State media’s left/right paradigm………fooling 10’s of millions of Americans for decades…..
Obama is a cruel hoax; a puppet of the bankers – as was ‘HW’ and ‘W’ Bush and their bullshit ‘war on terror’. WTSHTF, Obama will attempt to appeal to those who would otherwise effectively uprise first – the lower income, downtrodden, unemployed poverty-stricken Black / White, Mexican / Hispanic element of our society.
This is precisely why Obama was installed I believe. He is a cruel hoax – a betrayal of his own people in simplest terms. And this in-your-face’ evidence makes clear of impending fundamental changes coming in this country – like it or not.
Prepare.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
All we have to do is wait til the U.S. officially reaches third world status. Then just watch all the offshored jobs come pouring back in.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Yeah, its working!!! It created a bunch of construction jobs for freeways that did’nt need it….Just look at the signs saying Work From Stimulus…
YOUR TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK
Mark Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 4:01 am
“YOUR TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK”
The fine print under those signs reads:
“Borrowed Money Being Wasted at Your Expense – for which YOU WILL BE TAXED TOMORROW.”
It is known in the trade as “naked short selling”.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Note that these 250,000 jobs were supposedly “education jobs.” In other words, they’re created using tax money. Meanwhile, the private sector is imploding.
American Veteran Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
yeah property tax money.
Gary Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:59 am
Still tax money, wherever it comes from.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
New jobs created eh?
*eh, hum* (clearing my throat so I can yell this as loud as possible)
BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Madman Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
At 500 grand a job, minimum, I’d like to have a job like that…
October 20th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Not to mention the fact it is not the business of the President to “create jobs.” When the frig are the people of this country going to wake up to what’s been done? God help us!
October 20th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
It is not the business of government to create jobs. Period.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I lost my job in dec 08 …I am close to moving out of my house and living in y truck…I might have to rent my home out so I don’t lose it ..while I sleep in the freaking gutter…
I applied at mcdonalds even ..you cannot get a job arounf here washing dishes,cleaning toilets or flipping burgers even ..and almost all business that are franchised or corporate only have teens wsorking them..I swear the average age of the worker around here is 16 or 17 .
My union is all but laid off too …nothing is being built …only a very few of my roofers union companies are even working , they are all on unemployment.
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Yep, construction is hit hard in any “recession,” and this is far worse. I’m an architectural draftsman, myself, and I’ve been out of work since November ‘08. If it weren’t for my cousin, I’d be living in a tent right now.
Madman Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
John, the sad reality, is the banks will foreclose on everyone, when things get bad, and unless some of us develop backbones, and fight them, we’ll all be sleeping in homemade cardboard condominiums.
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Yes, but how do you propose to “fight” them, exactly?
October 20th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Thanks to Alex Jones, I’ve decided not to get the Swine Flu vaccine because there are now too many reports that it may be unsafe. In fact, it may even contain the actual deadly live Swine Flu virus.
Get the latest updates on the Swine Flu Pandemic at http://fluhealer.blogspot.com
October 20th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
They say a lot of things , in fact , that’s their freakin’ job , sayin’ shit !!!
P.S. Just sayin’ !!!
October 20th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
250,000–such a unbelievable EVEN number—-250 k govt jobs…maybe—-250K one dollar an hour jobs. Nobody is fooled.
October 20th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
ONE THING WHY IS IT TAKING SOOO LONG FOR ARE THEY MAKING PLANS
October 20th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
The big”O” is going to China soon. See how they view him…
http://www.riseupforamerica.co.....unism.html
Anybody thinking what I’m thinking????
October 20th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I guess you can find a job if you can stick a needle in someone’s arm (against their will, of course) or if you are good storm trooper material with large webbed-shaped feet.
October 20th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I lost my job in July 2008, been trying to get another even since. Thank God, my husband is working. Thank God, I have a husband who can work. (I have a college degree and have always held a job until the 2nd Great Depression hit.)
jeffohio Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:39 am
I lost mine in Jan 07. They sent it to Mexico.
October 20th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
A friend of mine had been working for Boeing for 22 years as a production control engineer. Last year they told him that his position was being eliminated and that part of his severance package was to train a Chinese dude to undertake his old job. To add more insult to the situation, The Cinese company has not only replaced him but bought his house to provide living accomodations for the new dude…talk about the american dream
Highlanderess Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Yeah. My sister in law lost her job in March at Metlife. She was there for 33 years. She thought she’d be retiring from there and now at the age of 53 is unemployed and looking. It’s sickening what they’re doing to us.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
This sight is being censored so much.Any time you come up with a real solution to the problems that we discuss here they deleate the comment.I have come to the conclusion that this is no different than the main stream media outlets.Alex Jones you are a fucking joke fat boy…..
nojoke Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
you are not lying their bud, and I have been a long long time listener and supporter of alex, these days he is trying to hold back the dam so he can either save his own ass, or just because he really may just be another distractor, although he may just be one more outlet to only take you so far and its up to you to make your own decisions at that point to how are far you are willing to go for your freedom
October 20th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Barry must have failed math.
October 20th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
90% of the country is still working. That’s not a depression.
dopamine Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 6:28 am
says who?
Piggly-WigglyVirusWarning Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 11:35 am
Him.
October 20th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I’m about to lose my job to Outsourcing in January. I’m so looking forward to being outsourced to India. Plus, I have to train my replacement. It’s soooooo nice to let the rest of the world catch up to America. Now it has come full circle to kick us right in the crotch. These other countries have 1,000 people that would love to do our jobs. With no benefits, healthcare, 401K, minimum wage, clean water, bathrooms, etc…. Of coarse they can outwork us. If I lived in their country/ies I would outperform —- me tooooo. I would work until my fingers bled (or mind exploded). Our government does NOTHING to deter USA companies to keep jobs in USA. Our government WANTS our jobs to go away. This way it comes down to SOCIALIZM. The only jobs that are safe now……..are government jobs. WaaaaaHooooo. What a crazy turn of events. I am true blue USA but I’m thinking about moving to another country. Something is seriously wrong here in USA and our officials aren’t going to fix it. Why would they. They should seriously consider changing their word constituent. We are neither their constituent nor voter. We are just SHEEP.
chemtrailzombie Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
no we are not sheep,we are slaves!
October 20th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Change you can believe in ,NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
amp you are a sheep if you are saying I have to train my replacement.I guess you have to do whatever they tell you.You think like this?Hurry up and get to the FEMA camp.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
can you believe this i lost my job and i went to this temp place called labor ready ,more like slave or ready ,so you get paid like 7 .25 an hour ,if you get a job for the day ,and some of the jobs are very hard labor work.and i find out the company gets like 18 to 20 an hour for your labor ,and insurance gets there cut ,and then you are double taxed ,what you make is taxed ,and what the company makes off you is taxed ,after a hard days of work 8 hours and with waiting and going to the job turns into a 10 hour day ,after tax and transportation you end up 38 to 40 dollers a day ,and to top it off they charge you 1 doller to cash your pay check in,so you end up with 5 or less dollers an hour in the end ,what a scam on the poor !slavery!!!!!!!!!
Troll under the Bridge Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 10:32 am
You should be happy, at least your working… those temp places here in Florida are getting 10,000 apps a weeks and don’t have any work for people.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
and the government has the nerve to tax the hell out of these low wages !
October 21st, 2009 at 12:09 am
Why is it that I get people knocking on my door, calling my phone all the time to buy something or donate something. I’m the average Joe trying to get by myself. Why is it that if they are in need they don’t go knocking on their local politions doors, or call their phones. Better yet go knock on their ex employers door. These are the ones that made us go hungry so why not disturb them ????
October 21st, 2009 at 12:36 am
regarding this article……………….
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And some more
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October 21st, 2009 at 1:36 am
let me do the math 67 billion for 250,000 jobs. so is $268,000 what it cost today to to save one education job?
October 21st, 2009 at 1:36 am
check out FRONTLINE at http://www.pbs.org.
Derivatives should be regulated. Alan Greenspan, Geithner and Larry Summers should be tried for the crimes they have committed against the people from US. The Federal Reserve Act should be removed and the goverment must coin the money, not the private cartel of bankers who are behind the federal reserve who are not legally obligated to help and protect the citizens, just their greed. Congress needs to act. This show must be seen by every citizen.
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October 21st, 2009 at 8:49 am
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October 21st, 2009 at 9:44 am
I think American people need to make sure they are getting good jobs for the people by the people and not signing themselves into a life of servitude. Something like a people jobs watch monitoring how much new jobs serve the people well and how well jobs are being created on a free market.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:33 am
why are my posts being censored?
October 21st, 2009 at 11:01 am
That sounds like a made-up number. How can they prove that?
John DeFlumeri Jr
October 21st, 2009 at 11:32 am
What 250,000 jobs for hookers and drug dealers.Give me break.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:06 pm
That’s it? Our standards are so low now that after recent months of losing 200,000, 300,000, and up to around 600,000 jobs PER MONTH!!…and counting…and that is just since we have been paying attention…we now should get excited about a measly 250,000 jobs that were either created or SAVED???
What a pathetic state of affairs.