Dave Camp, the GOP Ranking Member on the House Ways and Means Committee, issued this devastating report on job creation attributable to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA legislation). In state after state, the Obama administrations projections weren't just off but off by orders of magnitude.
- California projected gain: 396,000, California Actual: LOST 336,400
- Arizona projected gain: 70,000, Arizona Actual: LOST 77,300
- Colorado projected gain: 59,000, Colorado Actual: LOST 58,900
- Georgia projected gain: 106,000, Georgia Actual: LOST 131,000
- Illinois projected gain: 148,000, Illinois Actual: LOST 148,000
- Florida projected gain: 206,000, Florida Actual: LOST 165,100
- Michigan projected gain: 109,000, Michigan Actual: LOST 137,300
- Nevada projected gain: 34,000, Nevada Actual: LOST 33,800
- Ohio projected gain: 133,000, Ohio Actual: LOST 97,500
- Pennsylvania projected gain: 143,000, Pennsylvania Actual: LOST 103,200
