Right, Like we should have been doing here instead of paying off thankless banks that decided to just keep the money instead of tricking it errr down..
It's not how much you spend but what you spend it on......even Cheney in his twisted way understood that.. Unfortunately he was looking for cheap oil...
Paying off mortgages made more sense then feeding banks and still having them fight over their bad paper, flushing people out of their homes when in effect, they've already had those loans paid for by the Fed.. bit simplistic I know.
For later:
http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/david-stockman-usa-danger...e-to-class-war
Stockman said the Democrats were intent on assuring "the vast bulk of Americans left behind" that they will be spared any tax increase, while he accused the Republicans of failing to recognize that 2011 USA is "[a] quasi-bankrupt nation saddled with rampant casino capitalism on Wall Street."
Stockman accused Paul Ryan of attempting to "coddle the rich", and he concluded that Republicans "have seemingly sent an R.S.V.P." to "the Democrats’ invitation to class war".
Stockman has reversed himself on the idea that lowering taxes produces higher government revenue, or that it reduces government spending, and has plainly said "we will be in the tax-raising business for the next decade.
Continue reading on Examiner.com: David Stockman: USA "dangerously close to class war" - National Political Buzz | Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/david-stockman-usa-danger...#ixzz1KYA2YAsZ
Of course on taxes he's still wrong, but let's leave that be for a moment. They can always add "loopholes".....