re: #114 albusteve

well, the so highly respected CBO finally fesses up…
of course this will be small news
CBO: Stimulus hurts economy in the long run
[Link: www.washingtontimes.com…]

Also from that article:

All told, the stimulus did boost jobs and the economy in the short run, according to CBO’s models. At the peak of spending from July through September 2010 it sustained anywhere from 700,000 to 3.6 million, which lowered the unemployment rate by between four-tenths of a percent to 2 percent.

See, that’s what it’s supposed to do. Help in the short term.