James Surowiecki

February 5, 2009 Nailing

 * New Yorker columnist


 * why are libs larding up the bill
 * spend the money now


 * many programs in there that are not stimulus


 * never let a good crisis go to waste
 * Rahm Emanuel, November 2008


 * his book: "The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations"
 * hand the stimulus to an angry mob of unemployed


 * some changes between Senate and House bill
 * raise the debt by $1 trillion


 * sell Yellowstone to the Canadians