Fiscal Steroids vs. Real Economic Growth: Why the Politicians Will Not Be Able To Succeed Economically or Politically With a Phony Stimulus Package

There is something ironic about having Congress -- which is holding hearings on steroid use in baseball -- trying to solve our current economic challenges with the economic equivalent of fiscal steroids.

The maneuvering and posturing in Washington has assumed all of its normal pre-failure patterns.

The fact is, there could be no greater contrast between the approach I outlined in my new book, Real Change, and the traditional insider politics of Washington.

• A Washington Insider Economic Package That Is Too Small and Too Temporary
• A Familiar Pattern of Failure
• Why a Washington Insider Stimulus Package Is Doomed to Fail Politically
• Americans Want Long-Term Solutions
• Why a Washington Insider Stimulus Package Will Fail Economically
• Harbingers of Inflation
• The Role of the Federal Reserve: To Protect the Value of the Dollar
• Creating Jobs and Productivity While Stabilizing the Dollar
• Recognizing the Reality of Democratic Control of Congress
• Give Democrats Control Over Half the Stimulus Package. . .
• . . .With a Big 'If'
• A Bold Plan for Economic Growth
• And Don't Forget About Scoring
• Good News From Innovative Governors: Sanford Proposes an Optional Flat Tax
• Louisiana's Jindal Starts With Accountability and Transparency
• New Documentary on Cuban Shoot Down Opens This Weekend