Government Stimulates Itself

So this is what they mean by the stimulus "creating or saving jobs". The Nashua (NH) Telegraph reports this from Acting State Stimulus Office Director Orville "Bud'' Fitch:

The report also revealed that through the end of June that stimulus money created or saved 796 jobs, with 700 of those state workers who did not have to get laid off thanks to the federal grants, Fitch said.

If you work for a private firm, your company probably has laid people off, or will. But if you work for the government, they will take money from taxpayers and from the future earnings of those private firms, making it harder for them to keep their employees, so that you can keep your job.

Hat tip to Mark Steyn of the National Review (here), who commented:

The "stimulus" is great if you're thinking of a career in Stimulus Office Management, Stimulus Office Management Consulting, Stimulus Office Human Services, Stimulus Office Promotion, or perhaps becoming a professor in Stimulus Office Studies.