The economy stinks and the stimulus is a big flaming ball of disaster. From Calculated Risk:
This is the fourth consecutive quarterly decline in GDP; the first time that has happened since the government started keeping quarterly records in 1947.
We have had months of growing unemployment, even after a rushed stimulus bill was passed which promised to stem the tide of pink slips. Only to find out the stimulus package wasn’t really meant to stimulate a damn thing until late this year, early next.
And we have had an assault on our health care system which is expensive – not broken. The proposed cure is much worse than the problem of rising costs.
Amidst all this we have racked up mind blowing record deficits this year – all to no avail. It will take decades and generations to pay this wasted money back.
Yeah, why are people upset? I don’t get it. /Sarcasm off.