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so some preliminary stimulus numbers are in, and apparently already under scrutiny. of the $780 billion allocated for the recovery act, they are estimating about 40% has been issued. that's about $312 billion to create and save jobs in the us.
estimated jobs created and/or saved under this program is 30,000 (which the ap has reported to have been overstated). even so, when you do the math on this, the us government is spending a staggering $10.4 million per job created and saved.
while each state is ultimately responsible for the jobs it creates with its share of the stimulus, i cannot see how this is anything but an enormous waste of our money and yet another example of the united states government's complete ineptitude for fiscal management, accountability, and responsibility.