Stimulus-related jobs don’t add up in report

 
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 29, 2009

WASHINGTON — A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama ’s economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000.

A child care center in Florida said it saved 129 jobs with the help of stimulus money. Instead, it gave pay raises to its existing employees.

Elsewhere in the U.S. , some jobs credited to the stimulus program were counted two, three, fo...


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