Just a few thoughts:

1. If we haven't identified what has caused the economic problem(s), what makes us think that flooding the economy with what is more-devalued currency will solve the problems? That's like saying "take 2 aspirin and call me in the morning" to someone with a broken foot and cancer. Econ 101/201/301/401 doesn't prescribe a flood of additional currency as the cure-all/end-all. It make actually do more harm than any good, especially in the willy-nilly way it's being handled and dispensed.

2. "Government" seeking funding sources via creative taxation to have the revenue to fulfill lawful programs is one thing, but "government" acting dictatorially with an "I know better than you dumb folk" is another. We have quite a series of checks-and-balances so that dumb acts don't happen, yet there always is rush to bypass these controls because someone does a "Chicken-Little" act, claiming life as we know it will cease unless we hurry. Point in case - where HAS the first of the bailout funds gone, to whom, how much, why, and what did it do?

In short, we have common sense and a modicum of wisdom. Yet, we seem to toss both into the dustbin because some unknown and unnamed staffers (who are the only ones really writing the documents) for a few congresspersons put together a plan which promotes the congressperson as the guru of life.

Again, where did the money go? When that question is answered - in substance - will I have any faith in those who claim to be my protectors.