Obama creates 30 new jobs in one congressional district. Bad news: No such district

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Obama creates 30 new jobs in one congressional district. Bad news: No such district

Good news: Obama creates 30 new jobs in one congressional district. Bad news: No such district | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

Chicago politics, where voting is such a revered civic duty that people do it even after they're dead, cold, stiff, stuffed, boxed and buried beneath the permafrost for years, has now come to D.C. with the Obama administration.

This afternoon comes the most encouraging economic news, courtesy of our keen-eyed buddy Rick Klein over at ABC, that the Obama administration's $787-billion economic stimulus has, for example, thankfully created 30 new jobs in a little-known rural corner of Arizona at a cost to American taxpayers of only $761,420.

That works out to only $25,380.67 spent to create each individual job.

Seems like a lot per slot, but those 30 folks must be happy to be employed again and paying taxes.

This will be a real feather in the cap of Vice President Joe Biden, who's been left behind and assigned by the ever-campaigning president to monitor the stimulus plan, its spending and effectiveness moving into the crucial midterm elections of 2010. Might the Democrats snatch that House seat?

So the people of that 15th Congressional District in staunchly Republican Arizona should be pretty happy about this.

Trouble is, there is no 15th Congressional District in Arizona. None. Nada. Zip. Zero. Doesn't exist. Not in Arizona. Not even on paper at the Democratic National Committee. There are only eight. Period.

But the administration's much-vaunted recovery.gov website reported these jobs as being created there.

Could well be a computer glitch. Lord knows humans would never make such a dumb, misleading mistake, even in politics.

But then the trouble is that just months after grandly unveiling the recovery.gov website to showcase its economic prowess and tech-savvy, the Obama administration just spent 18 million taxpayer dollars to redesign the still new website.

And that site proudly reported nonexistent new stimulus spending not just in Arizona but other states across the country.

So that looks to have worked pretty well, at least if you're counting computer designer jobs created.

Anyway, how do you think the 9th will vote next year?

[Guest TnDeerHunter]

Most likely made up of illegals and people who have been deceased at least 5 yrs.

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

PseudoRandom Number Generator. or just plain B.S.

[Guest nj.piney]

but , but , but , they all voted ?

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Imagine just for one moment this level of blatant lying and figure falsification was coming from a Republican WH...

[Chucktshoes]

Imagine just for one moment this level of blatant lying and figure falsification was coming from a Republican WH...

It did, repeatedly, for the last 8 years. The only difference is the guy in charge now has a (D) attached to his name. At this point, American politics is what is commonly referred to as a shill game. It's all a con. We, the American people, have about as much chance of winning as the suckers lining up to throw down a $20 thinking they can call the queen in a game of three card monte.

[USMCJG]

It did, repeatedly, for the last 8 years. The only difference is the guy in charge now has a (D) attached to his name. At this point, American politics is what is commonly referred to as a shill game. It's all a con. We, the American people, have about as much chance of winning as the suckers lining up to throw down a $20 thinking they can call the queen in a game of three card monte.

I agree with most of what you are saying, but I think there WOULD be a difference in the way most of the media reported this if the current POTUS had an ® beside his name. This would definitely be a lead story on at least four "news" networks.

[Chief07]

But the propaganda -in -chief said it was so..................This guy lies like a rug.2012 can't come soon enough. "The one" is an embarassment.

[bteague2]

Dang, I wonder if I can get one of those jobs.

[VERO1]

Heck! I don't want the job, just give me the money!!!!!!

[Tim Nunan]

http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/17/440-phantom-congressional-districts-get-64-billion-according-to-recoverygov/

The government's Web site that is supposed to tell taxpayers how their stimulus dollars are being spent, and which spends $84 million per year to do so, shows that $6.4 billion of the stimulus has been spent in 440 congressional districts that don?t exist, according to a report by the Franklin Center, as reported by Watchdog.org.

(More at link)

Edited November 18, 2009 by Tim Nunan
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[Guest HexHead]

But the propaganda -in -chief said it was so..................This guy lies like a rug.2012 can't come soon enough. "The one" is an embarassment.

And he'll likely get reelected. Easily. For starters, the Republicans have nothing. Pawlenty? Please.

Then there's the reality of the situation. If 0bama can deliver more free stuff to the entitlement class, and massage the tax rolls a little to get to where close to 50% of people that can vote don't have to pay taxes, well do the math.

free benefits plus no taxation on your part to pay for them= votes. Our goose will be cooked.

[Raoul]

It did, repeatedly, for the last 8 years. The only difference is the guy in charge now has a (D) attached to his name. At this point, American politics is what is commonly referred to as a shill game. It's all a con. We, the American people, have about as much chance of winning as the suckers lining up to throw down a $20 thinking they can call the queen in a game of three card monte.

Amen Chuck.

[Raoul]

Also, a majority of the stimulus money that went to education could not be used for recurring expenses. As a result it had to be spent on hiring mostly part time employees serving as teachers aides, resource instructors, reading instructors etc. No real jobs mind you, just temporary mostly part time stuff.

And as a result the administration gets to brag about all the new jobs it created.

Complete and total bull:poop:

[Guest Oaklands]

Just an average day in the life of Obama. Maybe that district is in the 52nd or 53rd state we didn't know about!

[Guest KarlS]

And he'll likely get reelected. Easily. For starters, the Republicans have nothing. Pawlenty? Please.

Then there's the reality of the situation. If 0bama can deliver more free stuff to the entitlement class, and massage the tax rolls a little to get to where close to 50% of people that can vote don't have to pay taxes, well do the math.

free benefits plus no taxation on your part to pay for them= votes. Our goose will be cooked.

Don't forget there's also all those "New" congressional districts they created so ACORN can stuff the ballot boxes there too.

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Well if the dead can vote I don't see why anyone can be really amazed that we have discovered recently unknown congressional districts