Stimulus 1 didn't work, why would we gamble more taxpayer money on a second round?

We’re being asked to trust the government and gamble another 447 billion taxpayer dollars we’ll don’t have. The rationale is that jobs will be created, and as an example, Stimulus One is used as having created or saved 2 million jobs. The jobs claim has had me wondering. I’ve been doing some rough calculations, and those prompted me to put pen to paper. I’d like to hear what you think.

I personally don’t know anyone whose job was created or saved by Stimulus One. I wonder if I’m unusual. There are something like 140 million wage-earners in USA. If we assume 2 million of those have jobs because of the stimulus, that’s one in 70. How many working people does the average person know? I started to count how many I know and got to 35 fairly quickly.

Given these numbers, doesn’t that mean between me and one or two other people, we should know at least ONE person with a job owing to Stimulus One? I don’t know anyone else who knows someone with a “stimulus” job either. If you don’t like my numbers, use your own and see what you come up with. I’m afraid it might be hard to find ANYONE who has a job owing to Stimulus One.

If this causes you to have even a little doubt about that jobs claim, think carefully before supporting the latest stimulus program, the “American Jobs Acts.” We need a solution that works, and we’re running out of time.

Art Godfrey
Ypsilanti