The US economy is so far beyond dishing out checks for a few hundred bucks. Wall Street and the GOP made a royal mess of things and it's so obvious that the checks in the mail are only going to help people pay off credit card debt or pay for necessities such as energy if not food. I would hardly expect anything more from McCain who foolishly (parrot-like, in fact) suggests "tax cuts and less regulation" are the answer, but the Democrats need to wake up.
There are a number of possibilities that are out there such as re-building the nations infrastructure that the GOP has let crumble. It's not glamorous but bringing it into the modern world is necessary after budget cuts. Maybe it's something else but with the problems ahead and the need to get real money (not tax cuts for Ferrari purchases) moving for regular people. Just imagine what we could have done without the war in Iraq but even with it (for now) something serious needs to be done.
