Watchdog.org, a collection of independent journalists covering state and local government, has put together a Guide to the Stimulus, District by (Phantom) District. Overall the group found that 440 phantom districts in 50 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories received $6.4 billion and created or saved -- lets consolidate to craved -- 30,000 jobs. That works out to $213,333 per job. Think how much easier, not to mention transparent, it would have been to hand out that kind of real money to real people who will spend it!
Its not only self-appointed watchdogs who have found problems with the data set. The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, issued its own report last week, citing a range of significant reporting and quality issues that need to be addressed. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aCgZM8CszQSg http://watchdog.org/2009/11/17/your-guide-to-the-stimulus-district-by-phantom-d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308584 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
