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Difference in emphasis.
Conservatives would say "jobs were created" meaning the economy grew probably due to tax cuts or deregulation.

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I'm going to put you down for "no."

What I am talking about is something that I hear pretty much daily. There's some government program, government department, or market intervention that is touted as creating jobs.

It happens more on a state and local level, although Solyndra is a famous example on the Federal side - particularly because it went belly-up. Even if Solyndra would have succeeded, I would still cringe at the thought that government created jobs by propping Solyndra up. Everything comes from something and nothing happens in a vacuum. Economic multiplier effects be damned.

I remember thinking that my economics professor was a tool for repeatedly telling us that ANY intervention or favoritism by government results in decreased efficiency for an economy as a whole. Now, I'm not so sure. I suppose I am getting old.