Florida stimulus chief says it’s too soon to tell if state will get the 207,000 jobs Obama touted
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 by George BennettWhen President Obama last visited Florida in February, the White House said passage of a $787 billion stimulus bill would create 207,000 jobs in the state over the next two years.
Today, with Obama back in the state to tout “smart grid” energy grants and their job-creating benefits, Florida’s workforce is about 169,600 employees smaller than it was in February.
Florida’s workforce was 7,503,400 jobs in February and slipped to 7,333,800 in September, according to the state’s Agency for Workforce Innovation.
The employment picture would be worse without the federal money, said Don Winstead, Florida’s top stimulus adviser. And Winstead says it’s too soon to judge the effectiveness of the stimulus.
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