But that's nothing compared with the $6 million spent to save 12 jobs in Nevada's 32nd Congressional district.
All this information comes directly from the Nevada page of the federal government’s Recovery.gov site, which tracks stimulus spending.
This is why transparency is so important. Aside from finding out that Nevada has four new Congressional districts (Update: See the screenshot of all four after the jump), transparency allows citizens and journalists to dive into the data and find out the true number of jobs "created or saved." All across the country — from Massachusetts to Georgia to Michigan — the government has (grossly) over-reported the number of jobs "saved or created" by the stimulus. Without the ability to fact-check the government, we wouldn't know the truth.
Like the federal government thinks Nevada has a 25th Congressional district.
Update: I'm adding this screenshot which shows all four of Nevada's "new" Congressional districts and how much money was spent in each.
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All this information comes directly from the Nevada page of the federal government’s Recovery.gov site, which tracks stimulus spending.
This is why transparency is so important. Aside from finding out that Nevada has four new Congressional districts (Update: See the screenshot of all four after the jump), transparency allows citizens and journalists to dive into the data and find out the true number of jobs "created or saved." All across the country — from Massachusetts to Georgia to Michigan — the government has (grossly) over-reported the number of jobs "saved or created" by the stimulus. Without the ability to fact-check the government, we wouldn't know the truth.
Like the federal government thinks Nevada has a 25th Congressional district.
Update: I'm adding this screenshot which shows all four of Nevada's "new" Congressional districts and how much money was spent in each.
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Is anyone running for the seat in NV-32? I'd definitely be interested. Seems like a great-paying gig.
New Hampshire Think-Tanker enters race for GOP nod in New Hampshire’s phantom 00th district
Free market activist Grant Bosse formally declared his candidacy today in New Hampshire’s 00th Congressional District after news that the Obama administration has attributed a majority of the state’s stimulus jobs to that non-existent district.
“Even a fake district needs real leadership,” said Bosse while appearing on WGIR’s Charlie Sherman show on Friday morning.
“The people overseeing the stimulus actually found more fake congressional districts than there are real congressional districts. So if we run in all 440 phantom congressional seats we can take over Congress,” Bosse said on WGIR radio as the radio host chuckled along.
“I can’t do this alone,” Bosse said at his press conference. “This needs to be a nationwide effort. We need to find candidates as fantastic and unbelievable as the stimulus numbers the Obama administration has given us.”
full story at http://www.nowhampshire.com/2009/11/20/bosse-enters-race-for-gop-nod-in-new-hampshire%E2%80%99s-satirical-00th-district/
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