When the debate on a large stimulus plan started the Republicans tried to argue that Franklin Roosevelt's stimulus spending actually made the Depression worse and it took World War II to bring us out. As usual the Republican are wrong. Roosevelt's spending was working. It was working until the fear mongering of the conservatives at the time convinced Roosevelt that he needed to cut back on spending. Which threw us back into a recession that WWII finally pulled us out.
Now flash forward to today. Along comes John McCain. John McCain has a plan of his own. What he'd like to do, other then tax cuts, is spend a bunch of money. Important money on critical infrastructure projects like roads and bridges and as soon as the Economy shows even a glimmer of life, maybe even just a little growth over like 6 months then He wants to cut off the money.
