The "Stimulus" Bill is unpopular, because Americans are economically illiterate.
In the height of the stimulus, the recession was over, the economy grew and jobs were created.
Then the "Fifty Little Hoovers" took over and the GOP started slashing spending and the stimulus funds dried up and...
I'd like to see Obama and Democrats making this case more fully. The idea that the government can't possible help the economy is so deeply rooted that it hamstrings any efforts to create good, progressive economic legislation.
You have to win the philosophical argument at some point. Being right only matters if people know you're right.
On a similar vein...
http://www.theonion.com/articles/historians-politely-remind-nation-to-check-whats-h,26183/
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