Believe me, this is all the administration's doing. My wife is the controller for a non-profit that received $12MM in stimulus money. They had tried to return several million back to HHS but told they needed to spend it as well as the extra $12MM. In each form (which came in terms of a grant), she had to list "jobs created" and "jobs saved". It was made clear to her that listing more "jobs created" and "jobs saved" would help them when their contract came up for bid again--in no uncertain terms. When asked for clarification, she was told that hiring a contractor for a job to fix something--even if only for a few hours--counted as a "job created". She was told that any funds where they spent any amount of the $12MM to help one of their entities get their financial books straight counted as a "job saved". They told her the goal and told her the aims of the Obama Administration. Someone else will fall on the sword if busted, but this goal came straight from the White House.
So, three cheers for my wife. She personally has "created" and "saved" scores of jobs!
