Job numbers on Recovery.gov need a warning label

By Angie Drobnic Holan
November 19, 2009

After news broke that Recovery.gov showed jobs created in Congressional districts that don’t exist, we went digging to find the truth behind a single project. What we found shows how complicated counting jobs can get. Find out why we rated the statement ”

52 jobs have been saved or created in Florida’s 34th Congressional District

” Barely True.

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