7 Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs

House Ways and Means Committee ^ | October 21, 2009 | Dave Camp (House Ways and Means Cmte)

[bamahead]

America Now Over 6 Million Jobs Shy of Administration's Projections

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The table below compares the White House's February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through September 2009 (the latest figures available).

According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted. Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus. While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has already lost a total of 2.7 million – a difference of 6.2 million jobs.

To see how stimulus has failed your state, see the table below.

[bamahead]

Good stuff!

[Amagi]

The media will tell us that millions and millions of jobs have been saved. LOL.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Well duh!!!! The only thing Obama stimulated was all of his payoffs that donated money to him.

[texanyankee]

for later

[Vigilanteman]

I wouldn’t recommend moving to North Dakota for one of those 1800 net new jobs. Winter is on the way.

[Kartographer]

What about the other seven states?
State of Depression
State of Confusion
State of Nerves
State of Mind
State of Fear
State of Play
State of Worth

[bigbob]

ummm...so that means we need a BIGGER stimulus, right? /sarc

[AreaMan]

7 Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs

It's probably just a typo but I'm sure you meant 49 out of 57 States, right?

[Freddd]

House Ways and Means.........Charlie Rangel the tax cheat who writes the tax laws. Goes hand in hand with Geithner the tax cheat who is Secretary of the Treasury, eh?

[WOBBLY BOB]

[bamahead]

Big Government FAIL.



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[sickoflibs]

What about those 100 economists that Obama kept claiming were saying the Economic Recovery package would work? Where did they go?

Paul Krugman said we needed to borrow 3-5 T $ for government spending, said the 700B was too small. So that is his excuse.

[Puppage]

The stimulus is working beyond my wildest dreams!

[Kartographer]

WELCOME TO:

OBAMAVILLE

Gett’n a head fake,
watchin’ msn’s take;
All of their pundits oozing foul oil.
Clean’n my six gun on my front porch swing.
Felling my blood—
It’s beginnin’ to boil.

Wasted away again in Obamaville,
Searchin’ for a job so I can earn my salt.
Some people claim that Bush is to blame,
But I know it’s Obama’s fault.

There’s no rhyme or reason,
They are all commitin’ treason
With nothing to show but a brand new tax or two.
But they are real beauties,
Despotic duties, how they got passed
I haven’t a clue.

Wasted away again in Obamaville,
Searchin’ for a job so I can earn my salt.
Some people claim that it’s Bush we should blame,
Now I think,— hell with them it’s Obama’s fault.

I blew out my flip flop,
Stepped on a pop top;
Cut my heel, but I just cruise on back home.
Because no medical care will the doctors render
They say there’s little service I can tender
And there’s no need for me to hang on.

Wasted away again in Obamaville
Searchin’ for a job so I can earn my salt.
Some people claim that Bush is to blame,
But I know, it’s my own damn fault.
Yes, and some people claim that Bush is to blame, And I
know because of my vote it’s my own damn fault.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[fujimoh]

That’s what zero said today about small business that there have been millions of jobs created or saved ... my eSS

[DemforBush]

Depressing numbers. I hadn’t realized Florida had lost so many jobs. Damn!

[rasl04]

The stimulus and the promises made by the Obama administration on how it would positively effect the economy will become for them what “Mission Accomplished” became for the Bush administration regarding Iraq

[Brown Deer]

I wish that they had made the actual data available instead of a picture, so that I could run a correlation of the two columns. After eyeing the data, there seems to be a very highly negative correlation between the two columns.

Only one state with a net gain - only 1800 jobs, while every single other state has lost more than that number, with many of them losing magnitudes more.

[Docbarleypop]

ND is actually in a weather shield and has absolute perfect weather, we just cultivate this myth to keep the rifraf out. Wonder where John Gault is? Hmmm

[Eagle Eye]

It seems the results are opposite the stated expectations.

[Gabrial]

And even with these numbers, Pelosi and the rest of the idiots want to borrow more to spend more. Our economy can't take any more toxic debt.

This is not going to end well.

[Paladin2]

In many cases the estimate was right on the money. Only the sign was different.

[Gondring]

NY -111,800

But just think...according to the government website, 656 jobs were created by the $750,000,000+ stimulus sent there. Without that, it would have been -112,456. So with $130 BILLION, 0bama could get us back to where things were before he started!

[Landru]

Hey bama, now this is a shock.
A SHOCK I tell ya!! LOL

[sickoflibs]

RE :“Mission Accomplished”

You read my mind. A couple of weeks ago I was thinking republicans should use the Biden tape on “His wildest dreams” as ‘mission accomplished’. Dems wisely beat that one to death.

[Newtoidaho]

Not just on the way, but already there. Was in Minot last week, snowed lightly for 3 straight days and never got above freezing the entire time.

North Dakota’s 4 seasons: pre-winter, winter, late winter, and the cool, wet season.

[zeugma]

Here's the data as a CSV. My totals didn't match theirs. Could be because the 8s and 6s look so much alike when blown up so horribly.

 

"State","Estimated change in Jobs through December 2010","Actual change in jobs through September 2009"                                                      
"Alabama",52000,-33600                                                                                                                                       
"alaska",8000,-2900                                                                                                                                          
"arizona",70000,-77300                                                                                                                                       
"arkansas",31000,-16000                                                                                                                                      
"california",396000,-336400
"colorado",59000,-58900
"connecticut",41000,-35900
"deleware",11000,-9500
"district of columbia",12000,-4000
"florida",208000,-185100
"georgia",108000,-131900
"hawaii",15000,-17000
"idaho",17000,-11300
"illinois",148000,-148900
"indiana",75000,-54200
"iowa",37000,-25800
"kansas",33000,-45400
"kentucky",48000,-42300
"louisiana",50000,-34500
"maine",15000,-12300
"maryland",86000,-25800
"massachusetts",79000,-38600
"michigan",109000,-137800
"minnesota",86000,-56100
"mississippi",30000,-14400
"missouri",69000,-38000
"mondana",11000,-35000
"nebraska",23000,-11700
"nevada",34000,-33800
"new hampsihire",16000,-12000
"new jersey",100000,-55600
"new mexico",22000,-17800
"new york",215000,-111800
"north carolina",105000,-75800
"north dakota",8000,1800
"ohio",133000,-97500
"oklahoma",40000,-39500
"oregon",44000,-40000
"pennsylvania",143000,-103200
"rhode island",12000,-8500
"south carolina",50000,-16000
"south dakota",10000,-4400
"tennessee",70000,-48300
"texas",269000,-225300
"utah",32000,-32500
"vermont",8000,-2900
"virginia",93000,-47000
"washington",75000,-65900
"west virginia",20000,-12700
"wisconsin",70000,-61000
"wyoming",8000,-10500
"total",3504000,-2760800

[Brown Deer]

amazing, I thought it might be around -0.9, but it was even more predictable than that. The correlation was -0.9988 which tells me that we can predict with 99.88% accuracy, that just about anything coming from Obama is a lie.

[Vigilanteman]

Can't fool me. I spent the plurality of my life there-- 4th grade through two years of college plus another seven years of work (non-consecutive) and two of my three kids were born there.

In general, we loved it. Good, solid people, clean air and living that either made you robust or broke you. It was too tough to make a living when we finally left for good and better opportunities elsewhere.

Every time I have to add nutrients to the poor soil here in Pennsylvania, I remember fondly that rich, thick black soil of the Red River Valley.

[Vigilanteman]

How long have you been in Idaho? Wonderful state as well! I’ve sent all three of my kids to college there for less than the cost of sending one to Penn State.

[Newtoidaho]

Nearly 7 years now; guess I’m not all that new to Idaho anymore, but I was when I joined FR.
The schools in this state are a bargain, no doubt about it.