2.7—minimum percentage increase in the Gross National Product as of the second quarter of 2010 due to the investments made by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (White House Council of Economic Advisers)

3.2—maximum increase in percent of the Gross National Product as of the second quarter of 2010 due to the investments made by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Ibid)

2.5 million—-minimum number of jobs saved or created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the first quarter of 2010 (Ibid)

3.6 million— maximum number of jobs saved or created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the first quarter of 2010(Ibid)

90,000—number of jobs saved or created in North Carolina by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (Ibid)

24,000—number of public school employees whose jobs were saved this year by funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Dempsey Benton, Director of N.C. Office of Economic Recovery and Investment, News & Observer, July 25, 2010)

16,298—number of positions in North Carolina public schools directly funded with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (N.C. Department of Public Instruction, News & Observer, July 25, 2010)

5,793—number of teachers' jobs directly funded with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Ibid)

10,343—number of jobs in the Department of Correction funded by money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Ibid)

8,000—number of highway construction jobs funded each month in North Carolina by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (NC DOT Secretary Gene Conti, News & Observer, July 25, 2010)

11.1— unemployment rate in North Carolina in May 2009 (N.C. Employment Security Commission)

10.0—-unemployment rate in North Carolina in June 2010 (Ibid)

5—number of people associated with right-wing think tanks or the Republican Party quoted in July 25, News & Observer story about the effect of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on North Carolina (News & Observer, July 25, 2010)

4—number of people associated with right-wing think tanks or the Republican Party who claimed that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act had done little or nothing to create jobs or as GOP Chair Tom Fetzer said, "has been a complete failure." (Ibid)

1—number of people associated with right-wing think tanks or the Republican Party who claimed that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has saved and created jobs—Dr. Mike Walden, N.C State economist and adjunct scholar at the John Locke Foundation. (Ibid)

1—number of people with a PhD in economics associated with right-wing think tanks or the Republican Party who claimed that American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has saved and created jobs—Dr. Mike Walden, N.C State economist and adjunct scholar at the John Locke Foundation (Ibid)

4— number of people associated with right-wing think tanks or the Republican Party quoted in July 25, 2010 News & Observer story without a PhD in economics who claim to know more than Dr. Mike Walden about the effect of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in North Carolina. (Ibid)