re: #366 lawhawk

All of these points are relevant. And I thank you first and foremost for responding in a substantive manner instead of copying and pasting some Fox News joke of a hit piece.

But ultimately, the point that remains is the majority of stimulus dollars went to state budgets. And yes, those states potentially could have slashed their budgets to avoid taking the stimulus dollars. But that still means state employees losing their jobs, or taking pay cuts. So by taking the stimulus money, the states were able to keep more workers employed. Which is the point of the entire stimulus plan. Keep workers employed so they can keep spending money. In a consumer-spending driven economy, that is the way you keep things on track.