Jarhead
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There is only one way to decide wether the stimulus worked or not and that is to project the "what if".
When you avert a mess that means the mess didnt happen and you can not examine the mess that didnt happen without doing what ifs.
Now every economist said we would have a second GD if something wasnt done.
Now you want to pretend that the problem solved was never a problem because it was averted?
That is by no means what I said and I ask that you just not assume what I mean, but read my posts with an open mind.
There were many economists that believed the stiumulus was the right driection and just as many that thought it was the wrong direction.
There were plenty, myself included that beleived the best moive was to do nothing and let the market straighten itself out.
Now, you may not agree with that...and that is fine....but it does not mean it would not have worked.