So that one is a big impact in that quarter.

The key impediment to hiring and investment among small businesses is the lack of credit.

I think Senator Brownback said this--to overspending.

we ought to look at ways to pull back on the things that stimulate the government and support the things that stimulate the economy

We have been unable to compete, unable to generate enough revenue from exports to pay for what we import.

It seems to me that is one of the areas we continue to have a consumer deleveraging, that the credit continues to decline even though there is lots of money out there.

The too big to fail banks are a major risk to our current economic situation.

Seems to me that that is something we are going to have to do long term to maintain economic competitiveness for us, is just to try to stimulate capital formulation and probably tax more on the consumption side of the equation.

I voted against a bunch of it, but it happened.

It seems this is a real mercantilist strategy on the Chinese part, that they stimulate and keep their economy going.

I was supportive of the Cash for Clunkers program because I thought this is an economic stimulus, not a government stimulus

the world community is yelling at us about our fiscal policies, saying that, yes, we need to do some of these things monetary-wise