That’s what Jake Tapper at ABC News has reckoned. Figuring that the Obama administration is boating of anywhere between 640,000 and 1 million jobs saved or created because of the “stimulus” package, and that $159 billion was allocated by Congress and President Obama for such purpose, then the most conservative estimate has each rescued job worth $160,000.

The White House economists are calling these figures “calculator abuse”. Wish I’d have thought of that one during those many times that I struggled with algebra in eighth grade!

Pssst… hey, President Obama. Wanna really use the government to create jobs and bolster the economy? It’s very very simple:

NO country in history has ever spent itself into prosperity. America can not possibly be any different.