a big problem is that the consumers are not spending enough money. The employers apparently do not want to give out pay raises, or training to get more pay. So why not just give the employers higher taxes, and then give tax cuts to those earning less than $100,000 a year? Give a lower tax to purchases less than $10,000 and a higher luxtury tax to items over $10,000 unless it is a home and only one home can be tax-free, and the rest are taxed. Don't tax food and clothing either as they are needed to live.
Norm does seem to have a good idea, but I think that John Nash had it first. Both Norm and John seem to have brilliant minds, but are plauged with mental health problems. The idea that they share is that the real money that moves the economy comes from the consumers. if you can put more money in the hands of the consumers, and the consumers do what is best for them and the economy, then we can solve most of our economic problems.
That tax cut by GW also put a lot of money into the wealthy and employers more than it did the consumers. $600 is a good start; however, it is a loan from the next year where the $600 will be considered income and still taxed. Even unemployment income is taxed.