Oh, yes, they have for some time. They got the govt. to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act, and then it was Party Time.....
Pumping money in to a society will not change their behavior for the better. A friend of mine has a daughter who is working for an American company who has a subsidiary in Spain and their biggest problem is finding people who are willing to work. And I do believe and can understand why any straight thinking German would be hostile to give them any money as in the end it would not make any lazy bum more industrious and before long it would be back to square one.