Obama Job Claims Undercut by Report (with table showing results)

[Patricia M. McBride]

Obama Job Claims Undercut by Report Obama Job Claims Undercut by Report

by Elisabeth Meinecke

08/23/2010

Rep. David Camp (R.-Mich.) revealed Friday that, based on Department of Labor data, 48 of 50 states have lost jobs despite the administration’s prediction that the 2009 stimulus would save or create over 3 million jobs.

The chart (see below) released by the GOP ranking member on the Ways and Means Committee puts the actual change in jobs as of July 2010 next to what the administration predicted it would be through December 2010. The administration’s prediction includes jobs “saved” or created, while the GOP numbers look specifically at jobs created.

California was predicted to have the largest increase in jobs: 396,000. However, the Ways and Means research shows them at -526,000 as of July. The next hardest-hit state is Illinois: the administration promised they would get 148,000 jobs, but they’ve actually lost 171,100.
The two states where jobs have increased are Alaska and North Dakota. Both states have Republican governors. Washington, D.C., has also seen twice the number of jobs the administration predicted, as Camp pointed out Sunday in an interview with Fox News.

From Human Events: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38674

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48 Out of 50 States Have Lost Jobs since Democrats’ Stimulus Law

Friday, August 20, 2010

Source: Administration February 2009 projection and Ways and Means Republican Staff calculations based on Department of Labor data.

State	Administration Projection of Change in Jobs Through December 2010	Actual Change in Jobs Through July 2010
Alabama	+52,000	-45,500
Alaska	+8,000	+4,700
Arizona	+70,000	-84,600
Arkansas	+31,000	-8,200
California	+396,000	-526,000
Colorado	+59,000	-84,300
Connecticut	+41,000	-35,500
Delaware	+11,000	-5,700
District of Columbia	+12,000	+26,100
Florida	+206,000	-145,900
Georgia	+106,000	-120,800
Hawaii	+15,000	-6,200
Idaho	+17,000	-13,600
Illinois	+148,000	-171,100
Indiana	+75,000	-24,200
Iowa	+37,000	-24,500
Kansas	+33,000	-33,300
Kentucky	+48,000	-13,900
Louisiana	+50,000	-16,700
Maine	+15,000	-8,500
Maryland	+66,000	-14,100
Massachusetts	+79,000	-21,200
Michigan	+109,000	-70,800
Minnesota	+66,000	-35,200
Mississippi	+30,000	-31,700
Missouri	+69,000	-56,700
Montana	+11,000	-5,400
Nebraska	+23,000	-7,100
Nevada	+34,000	-67,800
New Hampshire	+16,000	-5,400
New Jersey	+100,000	-93,200
New Mexico	+22,000	-25,000
New York	+215,000	-117,600
North Carolina	+105,000	-88,300
North Dakota	+8,000	+7,300
Ohio	+133,000	-133,600
Oklahoma	+40,000	-23,900
Oregon	+44,000	-46,600
Pennsylvania	+143,000	-82,700
Rhode Island	+12,000	-14,800
South Carolina	+50,000	-14,600
South Dakota	+10,000	-2,000
Tennessee	+70,000	-69,700
Texas	+269,000	-54,900
Utah	+32,000	-9,900
Vermont	+8,000	-8,400
Virginia	+93,000	-40,400
Washington	+75,000	-69,300
West Virginia	+20,000	-10,800
Wisconsin	+70,000	-75,500
Wyoming	+8,000	-9,300

[Patricia M. McBride]

The hopey-changey thing isn't working out to well for anyone (even those who are not yet seeing any impact in their lives). People, and a majority thank goodness, are on to him, and they don't want what he is selling.

This whole DC group, including the tyrant in the white house and his regime, is so arrogant; every single one of them has to go, and if not in November, in the following election in 2012. I do think, however, many will look around and see a lot of familiar faces missing come January and do what McCain did by re-writing who they are and what they stand for (don't know about you but have reached the point where I can't stand the sight of John McCain/he stands for nothing and is a consummate politician just like Charlie Crist).

[J.Wayne Wise]

When Obama was sworn into office,he was not asked if he would tell the truth,the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Had he swore to do this he could be put in prison for lieing under oath. This changey thingey is not working out very good for me.