Reply #6: This should have been done in the first 100 days. [View All]

[SomeGuyInEagan]

Hell, this *should* have been done under Clinton when the economy was actually growing across the board and the deficit was shrinking - anyone else remember Greenspan testifying about his fear that we might pay off our nation's debt too fast in 2000 or 2001? Grrrrrrr ....

But, this could have and should have been floated in the first 100 days. It could have been tied to a jobs bill and additionally as part of TARP, requiring the financial institutions to agree to give loans to small businesses (such as construction) as part of taking the money.

If it had been - just floated and pushed (even if Republicans blocked it or threatened to block it, which is the same thing in today's Congress) - the Dems might not be looking at a hard fight to keep both houses in a month.

It's the economy, stupid. And the middle and lower classes are always the economy.