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All this stimulus nonsense is just that--nonsense. Spending money on goods not made here for companies not based here may be defined by dopey economists as economic growth, but that is meaningless drivel. That is why giving the rich money a la Bush is also so stupid. They can then blow it on German cars, French wine, vacations in Bali or Switzerland, and Italian stone floortiles and backsplashes. Great for the rich and foreigners involved in those transactions, worthless for schmucks here in the USA. If the money doesn't stay here, isn't invested here, then it does no damn good. This fact seeems to always be missed in mainstream discourse on these issues.
