Ten Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost JobsWhile
the White House claims their stimulus
bill “has already created or saved up to 2 million jobs,” the table below compares the White
House's recent claims
of state-by-state job creation with the actual change in state payroll employment through
December 2009, using data announced today by the U.S. Department of Labor.
According to today’s data, 49 States have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted
in February 2009. Only North Dakota and the District of Columbia have seen net
job creation, and even those levels fall short of White House claims. To see how
stimulus has failed your state, see the table
below. ### |