Stimulus jobs created in Mass. 'wildly exaggerated:' Globe

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 11/12/2009 - 00:30

While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Boston Globe review shows that number is wildly exaggerated.

Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started.


 

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