IT'S NOT A STIMULUS,

it's deficit spending -- economist Andrew Samwick in an NPR commentary:  "It's ironic that the proposed cure for our economic woes is just a different strain of the disease. Cheap credit and imprudent lending policies by some bad actors in recent years led to over-consumption and over-investment in the real estate sector .. But hindsight does not appear to be 20/20. If we acknowledge that bad loans fueled the mess, then why would we [continue to precipitate over-consumption and malinvestment] through additional borrowing by the government?  No good explanation comes to mind."