The Optics on this Metric are Teh Suxor
Oh. Come. On.
Last week it was confirmed that some departments being funded by the stimulus are indeed using the metric ‘lives touched’ - a regression from the absurd ‘jobs saved or created’, which was already a step down from the incalculable ‘jobs created’. ...
The main gist of that report [GAO on DOE] involved the cost of each job being generated by the stimulus bill - ... $194,000.
Well—they’ve touched my wallet. And my savings. Are they countig me?
"Lives Touched” is a figure that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) uses to track the amount of people who have been positively affected by the Recovery Act funds. This total would include people who have been provided full time employment (i.e. saved and created jobs) through the Recovery Act and people who at some point have supported a project funded by the Recovery Act.
Ah. That would be a ‘No,’ then.
Posted by Claire on 08/27 at 06:18 AM
Hey! I support one of their projects!! (As in, “Yay Project!!) Don’t forget to count me!!
Posted by ZZMike on 08/28/10 at 07:50 PM
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