G. Edward DeSeve, President Obama’s chief aide overseeing Recovery.gov doesn’t think a few data entry errors are anything to worry about. But investigative reporters from around the country with Watchdog.org have identified multiple phantom districts in all 50 states.
In Arizona, for example, Recovery.gov invented 14 new congressionl districts containing $84 million worth of stimulus spending. In tiny Idaho, 10 phantom districts received $1.2 million in stimulus spending. Even Puerto Rico, which is not a state and has no congressional districts, is credited by Recovery.gov with having 11.
Maybe this incident sheds light on why Obama thinks there are 57 states?
