Pretty useless picture

Or pretty comma useless picture, either one.


CNN has posted some chartjunk that - lo and behold - proves that the heavily populated states will create the most jobs from the stimulus. Well, duh!

What we need from charts like this is a number that explains, not one that is the least possible work. In this case, a much better number would have been new jobs as a percentage of existing employment. Even better might have been new jobs as a proportion of current unemployment.

But either would require a calculator...