Created or Saved (unemployed, spokeswoman, 9/11, dollars)

[UpperPeninsulaRon]

As more and more reports filter in, the Boston Globe says that stimulus jobs saved or created is "wildly exagerated."

Stimulus fund job benefits exaggerated, review finds - The Boston Globe

This is no small matter and should be of great concern to all taxpayers.

[NewToCA]

Up to one-fourth of the 110,000 jobs reported as saved by federal stimulus money in California probably never were in danger, a Bee review has found...

the university system said...stimulus funding through October allowed it to retain 26,156 employees.

That total represents more than half of CSU's statewide work force. However, university officials confirmed Thursday that half their workers were not going to be laid off without the stimulus dollars.

"This is not really a real number of people," CSU spokeswoman Clara Potes-Fellow said. "It's like a budget number."

theblogprof: Surprise! Many California jobs 'saved' by stimulus funds weren't in jeopardy

[Motion]

Do stimulus jobs last? - Nov. 2, 2009

Another issue with the stimulus is that it's largely creating temporary jobs. When these jobs are over those workers are unemployed again. In order for this "multiplier effect" to happen as proponents of this stimulus claim then it will seem that the stimulus will need to lead to longer term employment so these workers will have the money needed to spend in the economy for longer periods stimulating economic growth,right?