Simple analysis of cost per job saved from stimulus

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Simple analysis of cost per job saved from stimulus발음듣기

There's some news out today about how many jobs, or at least a claim of how many jobs, have been created so far from the stimulus plan.발음듣기

And at first, the numbers look impressive.발음듣기

The administration said that 650,000 jobs were created from $150 billion of stimulus spending so far.발음듣기

So let me write that down.발음듣기

So what does that turn out to on a per-job basis?발음듣기

Let's see, let's get a calculator out here.발음듣기

If I spent $150 billion to get 650,000 jobs - let me just divide by 650,000 - I get to $230,000 per job.발음듣기

So that is equal to $230,000 per job, which is claimed to be saved.발음듣기

So obviously, they're not just outright paying the salary, these people were adding some value to begin with.발음듣기

So these were clearly very good jobs.발음듣기

So $230,000, I think it's fair to say, is more than the majority of us make.발음듣기

So these are very good jobs.발음듣기

Now, there's a further claim that at least another 350,000 jobs were created from $189 billion of tax relief.발음듣기

We got $189 billion less to the government and that created 350,000 jobs.발음듣기

So let's see what that turns out to be.발음듣기

That's $189 billion in tax relief.발음듣기

Let's see what that is on a per job basis.발음듣기

Get the calculator out.발음듣기

And so, if we have $189 billion, so you divide that by 350,000 jobs.발음듣기

And you get $540,000 per job.발음듣기

So this is equal to $540,000 per job, which are even better than the $230,000 jobs that we were able to save with $150 billion.발음듣기

So clearly some very highly paid people are being able to keep their jobs by virtue of the stimulus package.발음듣기

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