They're giving aspirin to a cancer patient with the stimulus - it will offer some minor temporary relief but will do little for the root causes of the problem. They're only trying to cure the symptoms for now
They need to let the corporate bailouts come to a screaching halt - lack of acumen and avarice needs to be rewarded with bankruptcy, not TARP and assorted other giveaway funds as a form of welfare to the wealthy.
It will be ugly and unpleasant for all of us but if you want to set it right, I'm afraid you're going to have to take the pain and rebuild with what's left after the smoke clears.
This crew makes the Robber Barons of the late 19th Century look like a group of self-sacrificing philanthropists. And the entire country is about to pay the price.
The saddest part is that it was a broad daylight robbery - and no one stood up on their hind legs to stop it...
