Sunday, November 4, 2012

ARRA Stimulus Act Stupidity

In 2009, President Obama signed one of his signature pieces of legislation - the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (a.k.a., The Stimulus Act; a.k.a., The Recovery Act).  President Obama promised us this was going to fix the economy.  Despite adding millions to the deficit, it failed to add jobs with those "shovel ready projects."  Instead, it has resulted in the kind of situation below.  On Tuesday, we can decide if we want four more years of this, or if we want something different (which may or may not be any better).