There’s an old joke from South America back in the 70s/80s dictator days about the new Paraguayan finance minister who went to Chile to meet his counterpart there. He was amazed by the Chilean minister’s beautiful home, Mercedes-Benz and so on.
“How’d you get so rich?” asked the Paraguayan minister.
“You see that bridge over there?” replied the Chilean minister. “It cost $10 million. Five million for the bridge,” he went on, now tapping his pocket, “Five million for me.”
“Oh, I see,” nodded the Paraguayan.
A few years later they met again, this time in Paraguay. Now the Paraguayan minister had a big home, Mercedes, and so on. “Wow,” said the Chilean minister, “How’d you get so rich?”
“Easy,” replied the Paraguayan minister. “You see that bridge over there, it cost 10 million.”
“... I don’t see any bridge,” replied the Chilean.
Smiling, the Paraguayan finance minister tapped his pocket, “Yes, zero for the bridge, ten million for me!”
Sounds like Obama’s “Stimulus Package”.