Sketchy on Bernero's record for job creation

In advance of tomorrow's primary, Virg Bernero has been airing ads claiming he "created/saved 6,000 jobs." I guess he's hoping voters don't start wondering as to what exactly that means, since creating a job is not the same as saving a job.

It's a very obvious difference, but let me spell it out anyway: to create a job means to cause to come into existence a position with a salary or wages that did not exist before; to save a job means to ensure that a position with a salary or wages that already exists continues to exist.

So, how many jobs did Bernero create and how many did he save? Maybe he only created about a hundred jobs (his campaign staff) and saved about 5,900. You can argue that even if he only created 1 job and saved 5,999 that's still a good thing. But then you have to ask yourself: what exactly does one have to do in order to be able to claim that you saved a job? If I tip my barber, does that mean that I saved his job?

However, note that I'm nitpicking his ad; I'm not saying that you shouldn't vote for Bernero just because I find a nit in his ad. After all, I'm not voting for Pete Hoekstra, even though I believe what he says about cutting taxes and spending—how do I know he's not gonna cut spending on the things I like to use, like roads and libraries?

You vote for whom you want to vote tomorrow. Just vote.