The Chinese aren't going to allow it. And thank goodness for Communist debt holders.
I can't believe I just said that.

Dream on. If I were China, I'd be buying commodities with their dollars before Treasuries take the big plunge. Which by the way, is the only explanation I can find that makes sense for rising commodity prices.

Aside from that, people are going to insist on seeing some result, somewhere, that the previous stimulus helped out someone besides Goldman... before tossing another trillion down the drain.

You have to be kidding!!

The ad inviting to buy a pre-owned Aston Martin which appears together with your article only stresses further how clueless we have all become.

Since we are trying all kind of crazy measures to solve the economic crisis, why don't we try a TARP for the American people for a change by raising all salaries by 30%.

The Federal and Local governments would get more taxes, the banks would get more deposits and hence would not need tax dollars, people would buy more stock and ignite a bull market, GM would sell more cars and avoid chapter 11,people would be able to pay back their debts reducing the toxic debt, the real state market would recover, home values would increase reducing further the toxic assets, the Chinese would be encouraged to buy more Treasury Bills and benefit from the recovery in the demand of consumer goods, consumer confidence would be restored, etc. etc.

Further, we don't even need to print more money. In order to avoid inflation the government could issue tradeable "Wage Increase Tax Credit Certificates" to all businesses and pay for the "Peoples TARP" from the future tax revenue increase that this solution would create.

Last but not least; the banks would have a new tradeable paper to play with.

How about doing that for our children and even ourselves!!

Perhaps I misread him but I think Samuel Brittain comes pretty close to agreeing,

Why not try something new, and not just hand more money to the wealthy bankers, hoping they will share it with us? Why not, for example, eliminate the one cent and 5 cent coins? Is that relevant? Maybe, if it reduces business expenses, reduces government expenses, etc. (I always love the etc.'s) And, enacting a good health care plan, with, at least, a public insurance option, but preferably with a single payer, would also reduce business expenses, the people's expenses, and improve our national health while doing so. Then, perhaps a Energy Independence "Manhattan Project" to create jobs for the scientists and engineers who are underemployed or unemployed. And, of course more etc.