There is talk about another stimulus package. It reminds me of a joke:
Two men were discussing a new movie.
“It was pretty good. I’ve gone back 10 times,” said one.
“Why do you keep going back?” asked the other.
“Well, at the end of the movie this feller on the golf course trying to sink a putt. Every time I watch it he misses the putt. I keep going back to see if he ever sinks it.”
Isn’t it stupid to keep doing the same thing and hoping for different results?
If Congress wants to try again to “stimulate” the economy the way they did last time, I guess there’s not much we can do. However, I hope that they actually look at how well the last stimulus program has worked before launching into another one.
3 responses so far ↓
Jay Burns // July 9, 2009 at 5:17 pm |
NO I’M NOT A HOMOPHOBE! Sorry, I just get so used to doing that, I sometimes just scream it randomly now.
Perhaps they should actually spend the money from the first stimulus before deciding whether or not it worked. Or better yet, don’t.
Spherical Time // July 9, 2009 at 6:39 pm |
Jay: NO I’M NOT A HOMOPHOBE! Sorry, I just get so used to doing that, I sometimes just scream it randomly now.
Actually, the most common line is “I have friends that are gay, so I can’t be a homophobe.”
RG: Isn’t it stupid to keep doing the same thing and hoping for different results?
Like cutting taxes?
Scott Erb // July 9, 2009 at 10:04 pm |
Stimulating the economy is wrong. The problem was over-consumption and living beyond our means. We need to move towards a sustainable economy. The original stimulus package could not have had much of an impact by now, given how and when they were spending it. I ultimately supported it because it is more a restructuring (with longer term results) than a true stimulus. But they sold it as a stimulus, and thus have to bear the political consequences when it doesn’t really stimulate.
Spherical time is right — cutting taxes didn’t work either, and the GOP alternative to a stimulus isn’t likely to be effective. In my blog today I note the need to reclaim the notion of public good (rather than simply privileging the private). I actually think conservatives and liberals alike can recognize the dangers of consumerism and of saying that private individual wants in disregard of broader public societal interests is a bad thing.