> it's not totally ridiculous for US workers to be critical
> of actually existing stimulus packages: the administration
> predicted 8% unemployment but it's settled a bit under 10%;
Right, which means it would have been 12% without the stimulus, and could have been 8 had they actually gotten everything they asked for (or more).
> If this is the result of stimulus, then it's really not
> hard to see why people are against it.
Unless of course they let someone else do their thinking about it.
/jordan