The Stimulus Package

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Originally Posted by Professor S

I agree, it won't help at all. The main points that were made in the clip above were that while proponents are rushing this bill, most of the spending in the bill doesn't take place until 2010 or beyond.

Thats not stimulus, its an attempt at transformation, and if the proponents believe that the nature of our economy needs to be transformed we should have a discussion with the true intentions of both sides clear for all to understand.

The current bill is Machiavellian in the truest sense of the word, and a HUGE political mistake now that the thin veneer has been stripped from it.

So I am curious what do you recommend.
I only look at it in a small scale sense really since don't follow politics that much.

But I could see how focusing part of it on stuff like infracstructure creates instant jobs and helps us out over the long haul.
Investing money in education and alternative energy... I see the education but alternative energy only helps those researching it now unless there is some major breakthrough won't help many people in the immediate time.
Tax cuts... I could see why its wanted, but as this holiday season proved, it is difficult for people to spend as freely as they usually do when the country is in a bind. It also doesn't help that even after the bailout banks still are rather tight with their loaning.