[BobL]

Agree with Summers...the Republicans have lost their credibility on the issue.

I guess the Democrats now want to join them (and wreck the country at the same time)...

[ex-snook]

Monday morning quarterbacking. If the GOP had come up with a better way, the economy would be great and McCain would have been elected.

[kittykat77]

It's impossible to be "on a road to financial disaster" when you're already in one. I keep waffling about what and how much the federal government should do. I also worry that European and Asian countries, whose citizens don't object to government financial tinkering, will stabilize first and there will be massive capital flows to those countries. Then I think that, if the US is still wobbly, those countries' recoveries will be tenatative.

Basically, I just don't know.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"There aren't going to be any boondoggles. This money will be spent correctly, by the book, with no shortcuts"

-- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood

Stop It, LaHood. My sides are killing me and I'm gasping for air. When are the magical unicorns and tooth fairies coming?

[drypowder]

Stimulus will lead to 'disaster

That's their plan, even a moron can see that. 75% of the people of this country now appose this so called Stimulus. We make our voices heard to those in DC but to no avail. What's next?

[KeyLargo]

Your government at work:

[Fred]

credibility?

A worthless comment. Is this what Summers considers a defense for why Americans should sign on to this massive pork barrel spending bill???

There is no virtue on 'spending' for either party. In fact all the excess spending by congress for the last 4 years is one of the main reasons why our economy is in the tank.

So the solution now according to the likes of Summers is, hey, we have done tons of spending over the last 4 years and it did not work, ok, so lets do MORE!!!! How credible is that??