Claim: The White House announced April 14 that a new report shows that the Recovery Act has been responsible for 2.2 million to 2.8 million jobs through the end of March. As always, we advise reading the fine print. As we've written before, it's not possible to know what might have happened had the $787 billion economic stimulus bill not been enacted and signed into law more than a year ago, on Feb. 17, 2009.
Fact-check: Stimulus Jobs: The Fine Print - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the white house announced april 14 that a new report shows that the recovery act has been responsible for 2.2 million to 2.8 million jobs through the end of march. as always, we advise reading the fine print. as we've written before, it's not possible to know what might have happened had the $787 billion economic stimulus bill not been enacted and signed into law more than a year ago, on feb. 17, 2009.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2010-04-14T22:04:17