Some good news about the economy for a change. A lot of new jobs were created in places that don't exist, according to the Government.
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CNN) -- The government Web site Recovery.gov is fixing errors that appeared to show hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars were spent in nonexistent congressional districts, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board said Wednesday.
The errors, first reported by ABC News, were seen on Recovery.gov summary pages breaking down how many stimulus dollars were received in each state's congressional districts.
Arizona's page, for example, showed the state's 52nd, 15th and 86th congressional districts received hundreds of thousands of dollars in stimulus money, according to CNN affiliate KNXV. However, no such districts exist in Arizona, which has only eight congressional districts.
A report released Wednesday by the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity said it found such errors on pages for all 50 states, four territories and Washington, D.C. More than $6.4 billion in stimulus funds was shown as being spent -- and more than 28,420 jobs saved or created -- in 440 false districts, it said.
The districts didn't exist, but the the money and jobs did, Obama administration officials have said. And the people who are to blame are recipients who apparently didn't know which congressional district they were in, the officials said.
"We report what the recipients submit to us. Some recipients clearly don't know what congressional district they live in, so they just throw in a number for their congressional district," Ed Pound, spokesman for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which operates Recovery.gov, said Monday.
In an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" on Tuesday night, Vice President Joe Biden said the errors didn't indicate unaccounted-for spending but rather were the result of people who had "bad civics classes."
"There was bad civics classes for those" who reported the data, Biden said. "They had to fill out a form, what district are you in, and there was no such district."
By Wednesday evening, incorrect districts appeared to have been removed from the states' summary pages. Arizona's page, for example, listed only the state's eight real districts and a category called "unassigned congressional district," which appeared to contain all the money that had been attached to the nonexistent congressional districts.
Arizona's "unassigned congressional district" row had $39,577,600, which is roughly the total that the Franklin Center said was previously linked to nonexistent districts.
Money that was reported as having been spent in a nonexistent district would be moved, in databases on the site, to the correct one in cases where the recipient reported a ZIP code, the RATB said Wednesday evening. Recipients who didn't submit a ZIP code will need to make corrections "during the next reporting period, which begins on January 1, 2010," the board said in a news release.
The errors raised the ire of U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wisconsin, and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. On Monday, he said the mistakes "are outrageous and the administration owes itself, the Congress and every American a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes."
"Credibility counts in government, and stupid mistakes like this undermine it. We've got too many serious problems in this country to let that happen," Obey said.
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I was just talking to a friend about this yesterday. The government keeps spewing on about how the economy is better and we are not in a recession. I love the "wag the dog" tactics <sarcasm off>. The hell we are not in a recession and on the way to a damn depression!
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To release fake info on purpose and not expect someone to notice is unrealistic, it had to be a typo.
Nah that's just our stupid government and worthless new president that think we won't notice!
Heck did you hear that they caught the bastard and his cronies that claim were responsible for the 9/11 attack and guess where they plan to hold his trial!? At a courthouse here in the US, New York City just blocks away from where the twin towers stood!
Umm really, how stupid can they be... Even John Stewart was joking that he be all over kicking the shit out of them should he be emancipated and released to the streets or whatever if that should/could happen. If they are not brought in under heavy security or guarded with bullet-proof full body suits they will be shot while being escorted in.
This is one thing I really really hate about the US and our retard justice system...they are clearly guilty, so why are we wasting probably millions of dollars and time and effort to try and convict them of what they are already guilty of....argh Just line em up outside and let the residents of New York stone them to death!!!! Then hang them afterwards for kicks!!!!!
We have the best justice system in the world imo. We fight for the rights of every man. No it's not perfect but I'll take it over any other. I want them to face fair american justice. If we act no better then they do why even bother fighting them, we would be them.
I really hoe that some nutter puts a bullet in the heads of those terrorists on their way in or out of the courthouse. Save the over-burdened tax payers 74 million$ (thats what I heard the cost would be).
And that dimwit Eric Holder (US Attourney General) says "We shouldnt have to cower before these men." - slightly paraphrased.
Tell that the military who are over there fighting them.
Sometimes I wish I was a violent whackjob so I could do things I only daydream about. lol
Anyone else think that having this "trial" in NYC is a slap in the face to those that got murdered on 9/11 and the victims families?
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Our judicial system is an absolute joke and mockery. The only one doing something viable is the Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County, Arizona. The rest of the system should follow suit. It's like a family that has to deal with a rapist or murderer who everyone screams for justice. So the family has not only been traumatized now they must endure months or years of ridiculous red tape to finally see a conviction. Next, they get to look forward to spending their tax dollars to pay to feed, cloth, and give the prick a living space. Yet another slap in the face to the victims.
In other countries you rape a woman or child you are lucky if the police get to you before the people do. In Turkey, prisoners suffer hard labor. there are no ****ing televisions, work out rooms, magazines, a library to find a loop hole out of the system, etc.
I say take these asshats and hang them on national television. matter of fact, that's what violent criminals that are 100% proven guilty should have done to them. I guarantee crime would dissipate in this country.
As for these asshats trouncing through New York on parade? it's worse than a slap to New Yorkers and I have friends who have lived through it that were there. You really don't want to know how they feel about this whole mess and I guarantee you that these clowns better be suited up in kevlar because there are a lot of angry people that will never get past that ****ing tragedy.
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I say take these asshats and hang them on national television. matter of fact, that's what violent criminals that are 100% proven guilty should have done to them.
Doing evil to stop evil is an exercise in futility, only evil wins.
Doing evil to stop evil is an exercise in futility, only evil wins.
It would curb the violence for many of these idiots. Look at real crime statistics of states that have open carry laws for instance. They are the lowest crime rates in the country. The simple fact that criminals know they could be shot by their target curbs their desire to commit the crime. In some European nations rape and child abuse is almost non existent due to the fact that sick minded individuals in those areas know if they commit such a heinous crime, the community will execute them in the streets.
My grandmother used to talk about the old country. They had a chopping block in the middle of the square and every weekend the criminals were brought out in front of the public for their crimes. Depending on the crime they would lose a finger or upwards a hand and be marked a thief for the rest of their lives and shunned by the community. My grandmother said stores and businesses did not have doors, just a rope across the walkway when they were closed. People knew better than to steal and she was horrified to learn that she had to actually lock her doors in America all the time. They never locked their home doors in the village she was raised in.
In this ****ing country we treat our criminals better than the victims.
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Economy is doing great in Non-Existant Places!!!!
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