News: Michigan Saved 397 Jobs From Stimulus, But 13,600 Of Those Were In Education Or Something

It is, after all, about that 3-letter word: J-O-B-S:

Back in mid-October, the government released stimulus job numbers indicating that Michigan created or saved 397 jobs (Disaster: Hard Stimulus Data Reveals That Michigan "Saved Or Created" Only 397 Jobs For 620 Million Stimulus Dollars, FAR Short Of 19,500 Claim). That was just a few days after Granholm said the number was 19,500 (Enron accounting: Stimulus saved or created 19,500 jobs in Michigan). Recall that Obama promised 3.5 million jobs in 2010, but instead the U.S. has lost 2.7 million. So Obama has 6 million jobs to account for. The Obama numbers were adjusted upwards with claims now running at about 600,000 jobs saved or created. But those numbers were found to be largely fraudulent (Hyperinflation is here! AP: Feds overstated stimulus jobs by thousands). The White House has, however, hunkered down on the false numbers (Blue On Blue: Obama Blasts AP For Reporting That Stimulus Jobs Way Overblown).

So now this from MLive: Report: Stimulus saving Michigan schools job. Just keep in mind that the initial White House number for Michigan was 397 jobs created or saved.

A federal report suggests six of every 10 jobs saved or created by the federal stimulus package in Michigan is tied to education.

The report Monday from the U.S. Department of Education says more than 13,600 Michigan jobs affected by the Recovery Act are in education. Last week the federal government said that about 22,500 jobs in the state had been supported by the stimulus package overall.

The recently released education job numbers were revised downward from an initial report of more than 14,000 last month.

Some Michigan schools say they may have to lay off employees despite the help from the stimulus package. State aid to schools could be slashed by nearly $300 per student or more unless the Legislature restores cuts ordered by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

So everybody has different numbers. And they can't distinguish between what was saved and what was created. And they can't tell the difference between public and private sector jobs. Which reminds me - didn't Obama promise that the jobs saved or created would in the private sector to the tune of 90%? Why yes! YES HE DID!

And yet the exact opposite has been occurring. Just remember - these aren't actual real numbers anyway. It is just what they are REPORTING: