i think a stimulus is needed BUT:
- there might not be any money left for stimulus after the socialist bank rescue
- the first $170 billion stimulus earlier this year failed

governments should operate on a surplus in good times (and pay debt down) and, if necessary, operate on a deficit in bad times...that hasn't been happening for for the past 40 years or so and the accumulated debt plus the abnormally high deficits are limiting choices...sooner or later, americans are going to pay the full price...maybe it will hurt less if they stretch out the payments over 40 years at an attractive introductory interest rate (subject to increase to market rates)