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In response to "Which of the above are you questioning?" by Strongbad

A project that costs X dollars and creates Y jobs != X/Y cost per job. It's not like the total outlay is going to salary.

Posted by oblique, eighth best slackertalker (aka kkuphal) Jan 30 '09, 10:37

Construction for example, etc.

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These are jobs outside the coast guard, yes. - Strongbad Jan 30, 10:40 4
- No. It's costing that much to *build* stuff, which will require the creation of 1,200 jobs. It isn't a cost of creating a job. Care to show me - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Jan 30, 10:43 1
  - Trust me, I get your point. - Strongbad Jan 30, 10:48
- The appropriation is not intended to solely create the jobs. It's also intended to get work done. - ty97 Jan 30, 10:43 1
  - I should see if I can find out how much our cost per worker is here (we're a construciton firm). Some of our jobs are up in the $200M range and we - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Jan 30, 10:45

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