$787 billion buys you not much of a recovery. Let's get that into the history books. In fact let's put it in there that that level of stimulus as a percentage of GDP, as put forward in the details of the ARRA will net you an unemployment rate 2 percentage points higher than promised, a quarter or two if GDP spike and then a drop off to tepid GDP growth after the money fades, and perhaps even a double dip recession (it remains to be seen).
