Sam Brownback actually said...

This will be an extended debate, and several of us are going to try to make sure we have it...

I can see that. It sure looks like to me we could start to raise interest rates some here.

Effectively, that is what you are saying, because they are not loaning money.

Proponents of the stimulus claimed that it would prevent the unemployment rate from rising above 8% or 9%, and yet it is already at 9.8%.