Seconded in spades. It was my *immediate* thought on hearing the news:

*NOW* is the time to GIVE them (in effective doses) a minimum of $100B and maybe much more -- all saved from the next 5-7 years' Trillions as would have been spent for idiotic weapons and weaponmaker aggrandizement -- Anyway.

Instead we got - - the MBA, Econ CPA droids at work. We got [what you said].


Ashton