Originally Posted by Winged Wheeler

Thanks for replying--I thought this thread had died a quick death.

There is so much ground to cover here and I don't want this reply to be diffuse, so I will will keep this tight. The stimulus, as a centrally directed redistribution of capital, was inherently inefficient and futile. It didn't work, couldn't work, and won't work if done again.

There are lots of things the government could have done to help--all of which involve reducing the federal presence in the people's economic lives.

WW