Package Would Give Obama Stealthy Stimulus - WSJ.com

FINGER IN THE DIKE: Package Would Give Obama Stealthy Stimulus - WSJ.com

Let's see?

More money chasing more or less the same goods plus what is shipped in from Asia?

A two-year window of perhaps lower taxes followed by? (1) even bigger tax increases; (2) much higher interest rates; etc. - how many businesses have a net return in a 2-yr cash flow projection?

Aren't we still avoiding dealing with making the economy and the US business-friendly?

What about the idea of another (can we say the 3rd) year of extended unemployment benefits while certain firms like Google are doing across-the-board raises to retain staff? Is no one seeing the disconnect?

More debt ($900 billion in the SS stimulus) and only a short-term tax break (2 yrs). Didn't we all learn that people only modify behavior (i.e. add jobs, expand businesses) when there are permanent changes?

Perhaps this is a 'finger in the dike' economic program, but it sure seems as though we really need some major economic restoration and rebuilding - all of which appear to be ignored!