[THX 1138]

Meanwhile, the timing of recent economic growth strongly supports the notion that stimulus does, indeed, boost the economy: growth accelerated last year, as the stimulus reached its predicted peak impact, but has fallen off — just as some of us feared — as the stimulus has faded.

So what's your point, Professor?

Constant stimulus? Stimulus as far as the eye can see?

What a dope...

[CharlesWayneCT]

I know. He misses the whole point of a stimulus, it’s to “stimulate the economy”, not to “be the economy”.

It’s like saying that you should keep giving someone CPR forever, because you are doing it wrong and every time you stop they are still dead.