All About the Stimulus

I read a very interesting article on CNNMoney.com about the need for the economic stimulus and why other proposals, such as giving the money directly to taxpayers might not be the best idea.

A lot of the article made sense to me, and I don't feel quite as uptight about what is going on in Washington.

On the other hand, a lot of it sounded like it could be propaganda. If given enough time, you could write a persuasive article for just about anything.

For me, the real question is why would anyone actually interested in the long-term welfare of this country wish to add another $1,000,000,000,000 to our deficit to knock a few months off a recession that will correct itself within a couple years at most?

In the end, it boils down to my lack of trust in the government agenda. I feel that although something might need to be done, this "stimulus plan" is not based in an effort to revive the economy. If left alone, the economy will rebound on its own like it always has and always will. It might take two or three years of pain, but this pain is essential to creating a healthy economy in the future.

The "spendulus" might knock a couple months off the length of this recession. But is that really worth adding $1,000,000,000,000 to the national deficit? Worse yet, is it worth the guaranteed inflation that will haunt us on the other side of the recession?