Republicans want some time to review the yet-to-be-unveiled bill. I think that's fair. You've got a week.
Dems want to spend on 'infrastructure'. That's a good rhetorical angle, but there are more pressing needs. Like stabilizing the mortgage market and propping up state and local budgets. More foreclosures and further erosion of housing prices = bad. Big layoffs in schools, police and fire departments = bad. A delay in the next big road improvement projects = not so bad.
Best idea I haven't seen spoken of explicitly for the residential finance market: Nationalize Fannie and Freddie. Order them to refinance upside-down mortgages without appraisals for long terms at cheap rates. The debt would be held by homeowners but the risk would be shared with the Feds. One way or another this situation is going to hit the entire world economy. It is much better to deal with it in this way than any other. If there are other ideas, I would love to hear them.
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