Time to end the "stimulus"

[agamemnus]

GGT, you almost hit the nail on the head...

Second, private and charter pilots of planes and helicopters are being scrutinized closer as part of Homeland Security. Post 9/11 revealed at least one terrorist had been taking private flying lessons while planning the hijackings, but the paperwork and background checks weren't well coordinated. (Even if a red flag popped up, no one would know or follow-up.) Then there's the man who flew a charter plane into an IRS building. Flying machines are now considered a type of weapon, or terrorist tool.

...which means that we need to spend money to ask irrelevant questions several times a year to a one-person company; ie: "oh noes, tewwowists, let's waste money!". That's always the thinking.

[GGT]

GGT, you almost hit the nail on the head...

...which means that we need to spend money to ask irrelevant questions several times a year to a one-person company; ie: "oh noes, tewwowists, let's waste money!". That's always the thinking.

Writing about wasteful gov't spending or redundancies in process is one thing, but that's not a very good argument against all gov't stimulus spending during recessions. Just that it should be targeted and forward-looking.