Where is the stimulus?

This is likely a question that more and more people ask every day. Jobs are being lost. People are going bankrupt. Houses are being foreclosed.

How long does it take to get help to people who need it? Obviously, it is not an overnight solution. But why is that, when so many hurt and need help?

I have decided that somehow it would be better for the president and his people to first figure out what is needed and then what the Congress would more totally agree to and then send that bill to the congress for fine tuning. The way it is now, it seems, a basic idea is sent, and the Congress is allowed to mold what each of the some 400 individuals think would be a good spend. Does not work. Takes too long. May never happen.

If a stimulus was needed, it was needed yesterday. The way it is going, too many people will have already lost and probably never be able to recover. This is a deficiency in our form of government.

I recall working for a hotel company that was mostly individually owned. The principal could make a change overnight, and the next day implementation would occur. Then, the former principal sold out. More people got into the decision and leadership role. Now it takes days, weeks, and sometimes months to advance an idea and get it into the system. I think the former was better for the company. There is a lesson worth thinking about here.

Our Congress system spends too much time in debate and back room arm twisting to be of much use to immediate type needs for the American people. This stimulus package is evidence of that.

So, where is the stimulus? It is in the Halls of Congress, where it will likely remain for TOO long -- already has.