The dirty secret is that if the economy continues to plummet, and unemployment remains high, the Congress will probably come back to this next Spring and raise it another $2 Trillion at that time.
It is precisely because of this that Moody’s is threatening to downgrade the US’s AAA credit rating; which is probably why the Federal Government just announced an investigation of Moody’s (and others...).
Mafia style politics. (Watch for Moody related "suicides").
The USD buys only 352 Zimbabwe dollars today, down from 355 last month.