On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:18:21 GMT, "Steve"
wrote:


On 4-Jun-2009, jps wrote:

****ing borrowed money down the drain on state "employees" is not
economic
stimulus. It's simply exacerbating (for those in Maryland, that is not a
sexual term) the problem that already existed.

It's certainly stimulus if those folks would otherwise be out of work
and out of money to spend....

..........on Asian cars and shoddy Chinese junk. That's reverse stimulus.

When folks are out of work they tend to spend every penny on food and
other necessities. All of which keep other folks working.

The greatest return on stimulus is food stamps. That would be a fact.