31 Jobs Equals $76 Million?

The Obama stimulus plan will spend about 100,000 times more... so can we expect a total of 3,100,000 jobs to be created? The question is whether or not the "colossal waste of taxpayer funds" experienced in D.C. is a model for the U.S. From The Washington Post:

31 Jobs Equals $76 Million?

D.C. Auditor Deborah K. Nichols is recommending that the city end the Certified Capital Companies program, which is run by the District Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking, after concluding that it created just 31 jobs after $76 million in expenditures.

The program was created in 2004 to "stimulate the growth of small and start-up businesses in the District of Columbia," according to a report by Nichols. Increased income tax revenues generated by salaries from the newly created jobs were supposed to offset the insurance premium taxes used to fund the progam. With 31 jobs created, that repayment was a failure, according to the report.

Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) said she plans to take immediate action after an oversight hearing of DISB today.

"As Chairman of the Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs the committee that has oversight of DISB, I will hold this agency accountable for this colossal waste of taxpayer funds," she said in a statement.