Your Government At Work

From a recent interview with Nancy Pelosi:

Well, one thing is for sure, if we hadn't done that stimulus package, the unemployment rate would be even higher.

I'll give her credit, she didn't smile when she said it. Here's another bit:

I do think the health care bill is a stimulus package. I do believe that our energy bill was, for the creation of new green jobs, a jump start.

So there you have it--any spending by Congress is stimulus. Really there's no need for a private economy any more.

Meanwhile, John Conyers has a riposte to those who claim no one's read the health bill. He notes reading the bill won't help anyway.