And of course he thinks Stim 1 was much too small- although it still saved 3.5mm jobs, and appears to have profitably bailed out the big banks & auto industries. So at the moment he's sitting in the peanut gallery moaning about what should've been.
It was originally touted that it would create millions of jobs. No fair moving the goal posts and declaring a victory by saying it saved 3.5 million jobs. That is not the original pitch by which it was sold to the citizens. Besides Democrats quantifying 'jobs saved' is not a science. It's mumbo-jumbo. If we are talking about all the state and county public employees who had their jobs saved by federal stimulus money, then we are only putting off what needs to be done. They need to be fired or they need to have their pension renegotiated if they are to save their job. Besides how do you quantify who would have lost their job and who would have kept their job as long as states and counties are able to maintain a budgetary deficit?



Critics say the government's job tallies can be misleading, because companies are confused about how to report the data and because the government's instructions are prone to make them over-report the number.

That confusion is probably what led a Raleigh group that helps crime victims to report creating 15 jobs in the fourth quarter with just $36,000 in stimulus money. Similarly, a private college in Western North Carolina reported that it created 23 jobs with less than $35,000. A medical clinic in Wadesboro reported hiring a social worker and part-time dental hygienist with just $2,025.

The California State University system reported stimulus money had saved 26,000-plus jobs - more than half its work force. "Does anyone seriously believe the university would have fired half its work force without the stimulus?" Rep. Darrell Issa said in November, after the number was reported. Issa, of California, is the ranking Republican on the House oversight committee.

Issa says the White House is trying to mask "the failure of the stimulus to produce sustainable economic growth or real job creation." The White House says that the recipient-reported numbers aren't meant to be comprehensive, because only about a third of the stimulus recipients have to submit reports.
Obama to tout jobs during Celgard tour, but tally not so simple - CharlotteObserver.com




But counting jobs turned out to be a lot harder than lining up a work crew and tapping hardhats.

Now, the White House says it will no longer keep a cumulative tally of jobs created and saved by the stimulus. Instead, it will post only a count of jobs for each quarter.

And instead of counting only created and saved jobs, it will count any person who works on a project funded with stimulus money -- even if that person was never in danger of losing his or her job.

When Chrysler reported a $53 million contract to build 3,000 government vehicles last fall, it listed zero jobs because it used existing employees to fill the orders. But under the new rules, those workers would have counted.
White House Changes Stimulus Jobs Count - ProPublica


Jobs Saved or Created in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist - ABC News

STIMULUS MAP UPDATE: Nearly 900 more bogus stimulus jobs in California | Mark Hemingway | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner