The following is an article by Politico:
White House advisers appearing on the Sunday talk shows gave three different estimates of how many jobs could be credited to President Obama’s Recovery Act.
The discrepancy was pointed out by a Republican official in an email to reporters noting that “Three presidential advisers on three different programs [gave] three different descriptions of the trillion-dollar stimulus bill.”
Valerie Jarrett had the most conservative count, saying “the Recovery Act saved thousands and thousands of jobs,” while David Axelrod gave the bill the most credit, saying it has “created more than – or saved more than 2 million jobs.” Press Secretary Robert Gibbs came in between them, saying the plan had “saved or created 1.5 million jobs.”
Their remarks in context:
Axelrod, on CNN’s State of the Union: “But understand that, in this recession that began at the beginning of 2007, we’ve lost 7 million jobs. Now, the Recovery Act the president passed has created more than – or saved more than 2 million jobs. But against 7 million, you know, that – that is – it is cold comfort to those who still are looking.”
Jarrett, on NBC’s Meet the Press: “The Recovery Act saved thousands and thousands of jobs. There are schoolteachers and firemen and – and – teachers all across our country, policemen, who have jobs today because of that recovery act. We’re investing in infrastructure. We’re investing in public education so that our kids can compete going forth into the next – generation.”
Gibbs, on “Fox News Sunday”: “Well, Chris, let’s take for instance the example you just used of the stimulus package. We had four quarters of economic regression in terms of growth, right? Just last quarter, we finally saw the first positive economic job growth in more than a year. Largely as a result of the recovery plan that’s put money back into our economy, that saved or created 1.5 million jobs.”
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16 Responses
A LIAR HAS TO HVE A GOOD MEMORY!
Is someone lying? Is that a real question? When are they ever telling the truth?
Simple Solution: The official white house number was 1.5 million. One person decided to round up, lying, maybe – or just marketing the administration. again, thousands upon thousands just seemed like a better way to market it – I wouldn’t call that lying. IN THIS CASE – NOT TO COMPLIMENT THE Administration JUST FOR THE SAKE OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY.
Is Someone Lying? Does the Pope wear a yarmulka? Duh.
White House you can’t created jobs if you do not manufacture and produce any thing in this country all the talk that they have acomplished is just hot air. administration of just Lying
Lying assume willfulness. There is every indication he actually believes his own figures. He is a merely misguided (I’ld call him a fool, but that’s disrespectful).
Created job in congressional districts that don’t exist and in areas where post codes don’t exist.
What is in your koolaid
akuperma, good afternoon. Which akuperma are you; Andy Stern, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Jay Jacobs, or Kenneth Feinberg?
Three different members of the Obama administration quoted three different figures. So, who is the liar?
#8 – you will note that none of the people you mentioned have anything in their academic backgrounds to suggest the least bit of ability to do basic math or analyize statistics — which might explain why they act as if they believe their own party line.
I asked you who you were. Obama thinks that they were the people to quote the statistics. And let’s say for argument’s sake that they are not statisticians, where did your friends David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, and Robert Gibbs get their facts from?
BUBBY: They make up their “facts’ on the spot, and rely on complicit “reporters,” who never question their “facts.”
I know,deepthinker, I know. I just question akuperma’s statements. akuperma constantly changes his or hers support of the President depending on who at that moment is blogging on this website.
Hey Think Straight. “Does the Pope wear a yarmulka?”.
Shaychus?
No one is lying. They’re all following the official white house position: make up the numbers.
eylu v’eylu
I guess we will have to wait till the State Of The Confusion address to hear what the almighty has to say for himself which will no doubt be MORE LIES!