Are They Morons?

... Or Do They Think We Are?
Before during and after the debates and the re-de-and-rere-structuring of the Stimulus Package, the cadre (or coven) of newly minted "fiscal guardians" was taking up as much bandwidth as it could get, claiming that government spending (Out-Of-Control Government Spending, that is) will do nothing to create jobs.
"Tax Cuts - That's The Way To Unleash Business"

Well. Do they take us for Idiots? Give the rich folk the money and they'll use it to build businesses. Build a new Automobile Factory, I shouldn't wonder...
On the other hand, they claim, spending money on the Smithsonian Institute (a particular target of the faux-jes'plain'folk) won't create any jobs at all! Trying to invoke an image of unpaid docents unpainting the walls with unpaint using unpaint brushes. Unpaid plumbers (just try to find one of those!) unfixing the plumbing. All the un-construction workers un-repairing the building using un-materials. Fantastic! I think the folk who have focussed on money to the exclusion of any notice of the actual, real, physical universe have No Idea what goes into the creation of that mysterious thing called Infrastructure. They seem to think infrastructure is that thing that gets reported and tabulated and plotted in the WSJ. Hey Guys! Think "Roads"; think "Bridges"; think "Running Water"; think "Electricity"; think... Oh, forgetit!