Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs From Recent Stimulus Report

[James]

The Obama administration, under fire for inflating job growth from the $787 billion stimulus plan, slashed over 60,000 jobs from its most recent report on the program because the reporting outlets had submitted "unrealistic data," according to a document obtained by ABC News.

The Office of Management and Budget document shows that before an Oct. 30 progress report on the program the administration asked the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to remove information from 12 stimulus recipients that contained "unrealistic data," including "unrealistic job data."

One recipient, Talladega County of Alabama, claimed that 5,000 jobs had been saved or created from only $42,000 in stimulus funds.

A document from the Office of Management and Budget obtained by ABC News shows that before an Oct. 30 progress report on the government stimulus program the administration asked the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to remove information from 12 stimulus recipients that contained "unrealistic data," including "unrealistic job data." OMB deputy director Rob Nabors, pictured, said that most of the information that stimulus recipients provided to the government was good. Collapse
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[BM OUT]

There has been 4,000,000 jobs lost.Please explain how the filthy government created ONE job.How does that math compute?

[Soul Crusher]

This was a heist and nothing else. 

[shootfighter1]

We can't even trust gov to accurately count their own expanded definition of "jobs created or saved"...how can people have so must trust in big government?  It's obvious they inflated the #s.

[Soul Crusher]

We can't even trust gov to accurately count their own expanded definition of "jobs created or saved"...how can people have so must trust in big government?  It's obvious they inflated the #s.

Shoot:

I have yet to see one person dispute this graph. 

[headhuntersix]

Why would they..Palin and Bush are much more fun to talk about.

[shootfighter1]

Yeah, wall street and big banks recovered but people are out of work.  We aren't creating an environment for growth.  Big government, more entitlements, high taxes and increasing regulation is not friendly to economic growth.  

[headhuntersix]

I read an article over the weekend that said people studying electrical and mechanical engineering is going through the roof..and computer tech is declining. We need more industry and thats a step in the right direction.