Olbermann Touts Man Who Created 50 Green Jobs with Stimulus Funds
Published: 1/28/2010 11:54 AM ET
Keith Olbermann should keep a calculator on hand during his broadcasts. If he’d had one, the liberal MSNBC host of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” could have run the numbers on Jan. 27 following the State of the Union address.
Olbermann was recapping President Obama’s speech and told viewers: “Among those seated with the first lady in the gallery … a man from
What Olbermann didn’t say was that 50 jobs at the cost of $99 million is nearly $2 million each, something taxpayers might not view that as a successful and efficient use of their money.
Like this article? Then sign up for our newsletter, The Balance Sheet.
