P.S.

This from Atrios (who has a PhD in economics)-

"John Hardwood said the proposed stimulus would involve checks cut to people and the checks would be a 'credit against the payroll tax.'

Wonder if he was being precise. If so, the money's coming out of those social security file cabinets instead of general revenue."

Remember in 2000 when Al Gore spoke of a "lockbox" to protect Social Security and everyone (including the pundits who now falsely hype a Social Security 'crisis') just laughed him off? Hahaha! Good times, good times.