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Making Up The Numbers

I’m sure that the government’s fictional job numbers are a great source of comfort for the folks out of work.

A new report touts more than 10,300 jobs created or saved in Wisconsin by federal stimulus money in the last three months of 2009.

But the jobs listed are based on new accounting rules that make it impossible to track the total number of jobs created or saved by the program. And the updated guidelines also make it impossible to avoid double counting from quarter to quarter.

Take the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

In the latest round of reporting, the state agency used the exact same job creation figure from an earlier report instead of generating an updated number. That’s now an acceptable reporting method, according to Gov. Jim Doyle’s office, which is overseeing stimulus spending.

Posted by Owen at 0753 hrs
Economy + Politics + Politics - General + Politics - Wisconsin

1. And when Doyle says his global warming bill will create 15,000 jobs, don’t believe it for a second.

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