Hello, again, FayeMalone! I, too, am dismayed by the "stimulus" that even the CBO says will worsen the state of the economy. I posted this in another thread last night, but it bears repeating here. With one hand, Congress is squashing thousands (if not tens of thousands) of responsible small businesses, while with the other, they're pushing through a massive stimulus that will do little good for the economy. I'm not a betting person, but I'd be willing to wager that unleashing businesses (in a common sense and responsible manner) and allowing them to flourish will do more to stimulate the economy more quickly, efficiently, and with more lasting effects than a "grow-the-government" stimulus will.
My husband found a quote recently (I don't remember where) by a former president; I will paraphrase: if we expect our government to provide everything for us, we create a government that can take it all away.
Faye, I love how you put the positive light on this. I, for one, feel much more educated about how the government works (or doesn't) and how it affects me and my family (all of us) in a very real way. For that, it's empowering. Too bad we all didn't "get this" prior to the election; Congress may have had a much different face.
