In President Obamas first address to a joint session of Congress, Feb 24th , 2009 he stated:
"I have asked Vice President Biden to lead a tough, unprecedented oversight effort — because nobody messes with Joe."
Well, apparently Joe likes messing with everybody....
Vice President Joe Biden last week claimed that the federal stimulus spending program has created or saved 150,000 jobs since February, when President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill into law.
“In the first 77 days of the two-year Recovery Act program, 150,000 jobs have been created or saved,” Biden said in a press release accompanying the report.
However, the basis for his claim is elusive at best.
The progress report on the stimulus plan released last week by the vice president’s office contained no such figure, nor did it reference any other document that might corroborate Biden’s claim.
“The Quarterly Report to the President on Progress Implementing the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” did mention another, mandatory report that won't be released until October 2009. It adds that the vice president’s office is instituting an “unprecedented” level of transparency.
“We are starting to implement an unprecedented level of transparency. I am pleased that already--so shortly after enactment--visitors to Recovery.gov can easily access extensive information about their tax dollars at work,” the Web site quoted Biden as saying.
Recovery.org does not contain information about how many jobs those tax dollars are creating, however.
This story and stories like it (e.g Nancy Pelosi's accusation of the CIA) make me wonder how much longer the vice president and others like him think they can get away with providing inaccurate statistics and information to the America people before we stop believing anything they have to say. It may take longer than it should, but if similar stories continue to appear at such a rapid rate, a breach of confidence between Democratic politicians and the American people is inevitable.
Well, apparently Joe likes messing with everybody....
Vice President Joe Biden last week claimed that the federal stimulus spending program has created or saved 150,000 jobs since February, when President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill into law.
“In the first 77 days of the two-year Recovery Act program, 150,000 jobs have been created or saved,” Biden said in a press release accompanying the report.
However, the basis for his claim is elusive at best.
The progress report on the stimulus plan released last week by the vice president’s office contained no such figure, nor did it reference any other document that might corroborate Biden’s claim.
“The Quarterly Report to the President on Progress Implementing the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” did mention another, mandatory report that won't be released until October 2009. It adds that the vice president’s office is instituting an “unprecedented” level of transparency.
“We are starting to implement an unprecedented level of transparency. I am pleased that already--so shortly after enactment--visitors to Recovery.gov can easily access extensive information about their tax dollars at work,” the Web site quoted Biden as saying.
Recovery.org does not contain information about how many jobs those tax dollars are creating, however.
This story and stories like it (e.g Nancy Pelosi's accusation of the CIA) make me wonder how much longer the vice president and others like him think they can get away with providing inaccurate statistics and information to the America people before we stop believing anything they have to say. It may take longer than it should, but if similar stories continue to appear at such a rapid rate, a breach of confidence between Democratic politicians and the American people is inevitable.
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