>That's under the assumption that throwing money at the problem wasn't a stupid idea in the first place, which was being shouted by most fiscal conservatives.


From some things I've read, the bailout and initial stimulus may have very well saved the entire world from financial collapse.

Some argue the prolonged recession is because the stimulus package didn't go far enough (the fiscal conservatives put a cap on it).

For the sake of argument, maybe we would have been better of with no bailout and no stimulus.

The point is, we'll never know.

Like you though, I hate the massive debt we're piling up.