Remember when you were a child and you and another child were going to split a piece of cake? Your mother said one of you can cut the cake and the other gets the first pick of which piece to take.
I suggest we do a variation of that idea for the next stimulus/job creation bill. The party in power, the Democrats, should come up with how much to spend, and the Republicans can choose how to spend it. No tax cuts for the really rich allowed.
As I recall, the biggest problem with the last stimulus bill is that the Republicans thought while the country needed a boost, the funds were being spent on pet Democratic social programs with little boost for the economy. The Democrats also thought that the economy needed a boost and so what if it went for things they had wanted for some time( I think they call that a "two-fer").
By forcing them to "split the cake" in this way maybe , they will start acting like adults.
Eric
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