Have you checked out recovery.gov, the government's site tracking how many jobs are saved/created under the $787 billion stimulus package?Check it out. It's either outrageously funny, or real scary.
According to the site, the stimulus saved or created 30 jobs in Arizona's 15th Congressional district, at a cost of $761,420. Great trick, as there is no 15th District there.
The site also points out success stories in nonexistent districts in Connecticut, and several other states.
From ABC News:
Late Monday, officials with the Recovery Board created to track the stimulus spending, said the mistakes in crediting nonexistent congressional districts were caused by human error ... “We report what the recipients submit to us,” said Ed Pound, Communications Director for the Board ... “Some recipients clearly don’t know what congressional district they live in, so they appear to be just throwing in any number. We expected all along that recipients would make mistakes on their congressional districts, on jobs numbers, on award amounts, and so on. Human beings make mistakes.”
See, this stimulus is truly a miraculous piece of legislation.
I understand the web site will be fixed at a cost of at least $9 million. But the good news is, repairing the data will create -- guess what? -- some jobs.
Now, that's a stimulus success story.
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(Photo: Your tax dollars are working hard for you in Arizona's 15th Congressional District. Oh ... actually this is the California Conservation Corps, taken last March. By Chris Pizzello/AP Photo)
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