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Bad government: Spending $250,000 to create or save one job

From the Wall Street Journal Online, Oct 30 2009: White House Data Shows 650,000 Jobs From Stimulus:
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday that the government’s fiscal stimulus program has helped create or save almost 650,000 jobs…
The new jobs figure — 640,329 specifically — represents direct stimulus spending through Sept. 30 on projects or activities…
[T]he [...]

Posted 01 November 2009 § Liberty ‡ Comments (1)

How a cup of coffee per week equals 210,000 jobs over ten years

Posted today on CNN.com. Emphasis added:
The White House will unveil reforms to the nation’s international tax code on Monday intended to close loopholes for overseas tax havens and end incentives for creating jobs overseas.
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The administration expects these initiatives to raise at least $210 billion over the next 10 years “to cut taxes for American families, [...]

Posted 04 May 2009 § Liberty ‡ Comments (0)

Looking for a good ASP.Net front-end developer in New York City

A client I’ve been working with is looking for a front-end ASP.Net developer to work on-site for them in their New York City (midtown) office.
The right candidate should be able to:

develop a complex ASP.Net solution using WebForms;
create web markup (HTML/CSS) from Photoshop mockups;
use ASP.Net Ajax, jQuery, or other client-side solutions, and know when to use [...]

Posted 17 November 2008 § Technology ‡ Comments (0)

Looking for a good developer — are you the one?

For the past month I’ve tried to find a few people to work with me on some projects — between 10 and 25 hours a week, maybe more, for up to three months, maybe much longer. It’s very flexible work — you tell me how much time you can dedicate and I’ll work with you. [...]

Posted 08 February 2008 § Personal § Technology ‡ Comments (2)