GreenMachine, Any money spent helps the economy. It is basic macro economics. To get the economy moving again, money needs to be changing hands. You may not agree with how the money is being spent, but the fact that it is being spent helps. The more money changing hands, the stronger the economy. Many of these expenditures go towards helping create, or simply maintain, jobs. As I stated earlier, neither side is correct and we are all arguing about something that we can do nothing about. Try complaining to your Senator about what is going on. He or she will listen to you and then turn around and make their own decision. That is the way of the world. For what it is worth, I am going to give everyone a nugget of wisdom. Telling someone else that they are wrong because theu disagree with you negates your own opinion.