Friday, July 10, 2009

Make That A Double

They say you 'can't fly on one wing', 'it takes two to tango', and 'two heads are better than one'. 

I'll go along with the first two, but that third one's a bit dubious.  I can't recall a situation when I noticed two heads - or three or four, for that matter, were measurably better than one. Oh, except for covering your ass.  Other heads mean other asses to share the blame, so multiple heads are great for Death March projects where trouble is a designated part of the plan.  I wonder if that's what our leaders and other influential folks have in mind with their 'second stimulus' murmuring.

Second stimulus?  Have we already spent the first one? 

So what's the situation here?  Is this a case of 'you can't have too much of a good thing', or one of 'if at first you don't succeed...?'  From what I can (barely) remember, we only just passed the first stimulus a few months ago and all the money can't possibly have made its way out to do its good deeds yet. Nothing moves that fast with government, except maybe tax collecting and impulsive military incursions.  So, what the heck is going on?

As you can no doubt tell, I haven't a clue.  Does anyone, really? Your Congressman? The Mayor? That cab driver last week in Seattle?

Do, You?

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