Obama White House Makes Ludicrous Claim that Stimulus Bill Created or Saved 650,000 Jobs

The only sector where there has been jobs created for certain has been the Federal Government.

The administration has no clue about creating jobs. If they would just cut the Corporate tax rate and give reduce the personal income tax, you would see a boom in hiring by small & big business.

Sometimes I think that they are intentionally suffocating the job market to create a need for a nanny state.

You don't consider raising anyone s taxes or talk about VAT taxes or any kind of tax in this type of economy.

When the unemployment rate hits 10%, what will be their claim?
2010 & 2012 can't get here quick enough. I think it's time to clean house and get some people in the White House that are actually pro business and understand how to create jobs. This is pathetic to actually claim 650K jobs when it is obvious that it is not true.

More lies. There is absolutely no political honesty at ALL in this adminstration. They put out a report and it is always distorted, the numbers never work and the truth is never told.

President Obama is taking us down a very dangerous road and he is FAR more dangerous to this nation than George W Bush EVER was.

People who still claim hope and change are lost. It was the biggest lie ever told in this country...that the change he'd bring was better for this country.

Ignorance is bliss until everything is lost.

We can't afford to be silent anymore - or put up with being called racist, anti American, radicals - I am done with the political correctness....it's time to really be heard - KEEP IT UP.

none of guys really have any idea what you are talking about.

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Actually, I'm afraid they know exactly what they're talking about... in any case, they know as much as you, or me, or anybody else. If they're wrong, show me...

._. i don't think so they're actually making sense and also you'll never know, Obama might help this country or not it hasn't been a year yet so we don't know :|

Wow,where do you get your facts? The Ford Focus was the number one best selling car during the "Cash for Clunkers" program.

This article is long on sarcasm, self-serving speculation and spin, and very short on any substantiated documentation. Just because you say the stimulous package did nothing to stop the recession, doesn't make it factual.

Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman had figures on jobs that were created and saved this morning. The White House briefing is televised every day. Do yourself a favor and tune in once in a while.

Cash for clunkers cost each and every taxpayer in this country 24,000 dollars - ALL OF US... It was a FAILURE even though we all know you would never admit this administration does anything wrong.

It was also a perfect example of how screwed up government programs can be and how one FORD Focus needed twenty pages of documents for reimbursement for the dealer.

Delilah, you need to get YOUR information from more than just the White House - you are a perfect example of a blind follower.

EDMUNDS disputed the White House findings - Not the White House: "Top 10 cash for clunkers purchases

1.Toyota Corolla
2.Honda Civic
3.Ford Focus
4.Toyota Camry
5.Hyundai Elantra
6.Toyota Prius
7.Nissan Versa
8.Ford Escape FWD
9.Honda Fit
10.Honda CR-V AWD

Even Huffington got this correct.

As for job creation - the White House admitted AFTER it was told the facts were wrong on their report - "they already knew this" and changed their report.

You can read the Associated Press article here:

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/business/20091029_ap_stimuluswatchstimulusjobsoverstatedby1000s.html

Do yourself a favor and stop blasting non Obama droolers for actually following facts instead of spoon-feed sugar.

"This article is long on sarcasm, self-serving speculation and spin, and very short on any substantiated documentation..."

No, ... that would actually be YOU.

My God! How can you quote such an obviously radically right-wing biased source as the Associated Press? *ROFLMAO*

Only about 30,000 of the alleged jobs are in the public sector; the rest are in government. Government jobs, remember, can be created and saved with nothing but accounting entries, with no real change anywhere in evidence.

If the stimulus had made a difference, there would be a drop in the unemployment figures but they seem to be getting... um... higher?

Fact checking isn't reading blogs, and listening to White House reports. If Woodward and Bernstein had done that kind of "research", Nixon would have stayed in the White House with their blessing.

well companies are going to make sure they have enough money before they start hiring employees. as far as this article is concerned i think its worthless. all the stimulus money hasn't even been spent yet. a bad economy like this doesn't turn around quick at all but instead slowly. obamas doing the best he can in a bad situation that started before he was even president.

If Bush had told the number of lies that come out of the mouths of the current Washington administration -
impeachment would have already begun.

There would be more respect for the current administration if they were not being caught lying about something new every week.

I thought we learned that with all the Bush cover ups. Apparently this administration plans on outdoing even them.

We'd be a lot more united in this country if those who voted for Obama would start to question the reason there is so much "miscommunication." The Democrats have become the party of lies and I think a lot of people would take NO over lies any day.

As for the article being "worthless..." How so? The White House makes another bold claim that gets disputed by of all people - those at the Associated Press and somehow it's worthless to bring it out in the open?

Clearly you must be joking. Transparency ... remember that promise...it seems this adminstration has been given the greatest grace period in history.

Yep, and unfortunately, the "best he can" do is to lie through his teeth, and hope all of his followers continue to drink it up like kool-aide...

Myself, I prefer Jaimesons...

I hope your sipping. Might need to save it...

\I am so darn tired of the total idiots who keep calling us self righteous. I am just scraping by like MOST of the middle-class - self righteous is not what we are... WE ARE AMERICANS who believe in AMERICA - not an America that looks like the lovies in Latin America.

I think we should send Obama and his whole crew to Cuba myself.

Or the ones who want us to emulate Europe. Please... my ancestors came over here 200 years ago to get away from all that foolishness... I'd just as soon keep it that way.

Recovery Act Math Doesn't Add Up in Colorado:

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13681569

A great example of bogus book keeping... and I'm sure Colorado isn't the only state.

•Foreign cars made in the USA. Honda's Ohio-built Accord is 70% domestic parts. Toyota's Corolla is made in a California plant alongside General Motors models.

•American cars made abroad. Ford's hit Fusion sedan is made in Mexico; only half its parts are from the USA or Canada. GM pitches its small HHR sport utility and giant Suburban straight at the American market, but they, too, are built in Mexico. HHR has only 41% American and Canadian parts.

•Famous American names and foreign owners. More than three-quarters of the parts in Dodge's new Nitro SUV, which is assembled in Toledo, Ohio, are American or Canadian. But the profits go to Germany because Dodge is part of DaimlerChrysler. Chrysler Group, meanwhile, just became the first major automaker to announce it's going to make small cars for the U.S. market in China.

Toyota now manufactures 10 vehicles in North America: the Avalon, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Corolla, Matrix, Sequoia, Sienna, Solara, Tacoma, Tundra, and Lexus RX330.

The domestic content of all Toyota vehicles sold in the United States -- including imported models -- is 48 percent. Honda's is 59 percent and Nissan's 45 percent. (2006 statistic the percentage is higher now for Toyota around the 75%)


When it comes to cars, things are just not as simple as conservatives would like it to be.

The same goes for just about any other topic, including the stimulus bill. THere are over a hundred projects underway just for the energy grid. Several plans for highway and other infrastructer have already been started and most of it is still in the planning stages and will start construction soon enough.

Schools have teachers they wouldn't otherwise have, because of the stimulus bill. Highways are expanding and being fixed because of the stimulus bill.

The bill got us a 3.5% GDP, if not for the bill the GDP is predicted of being at -0.5%. Because only after the GDP picks up do we get our jobs back.

Cash for clunkers was an attempt to push the economy into a false sense of recovery. IT was a huge waste of money - 24k per taxpayer. Unbelievable you still defend it.

Auto sales have dropped considerably since the ridiculous program ended and you can spin it any way you'd like - it makes absolutely no difference.

This administration keeps spinning the numbers as unemployment continues to rise, spending is out of control and people continue to shut the door on spending out of pure fear.

You can say anything you want Amal - the numbers do not add up when looked at objectively, the administration is lying and the American people are suffering.

For every comment you make - I have an answer but there is no point. You will continue to argue the inaccurate numbers.

The stimulus is the BIG DIG of this administration and you can't spin the truth. Time will be this adminstration's coffin.