MSNBC's Hall, Shuster challenge guest's stimulus assertions 

Only 6% of the stimulus money has been spent.

Here's a silly question: instead of even bothering to bring all these partisan guests pushing viewpoints, why don't they just bring on the actual economists and other experts to actually inform with facts?

You don't do it by funding bridges in Minnesota

Actually, infrastructure is a prime example of how you do it and using Minnesota as an example is just asinine since they've had one of the worst bridge collapses in recent history.

How was the Obama administration made it difficult for new businesses to open?

In what way would stimulus money make small business easier to open?

Actually, I know of one... nationalize health care and take the ridiculous burden of health care costs off the businesses. That's a great way to encourage small businesses to open.

Throwing money at businesses and hoping that they will do the right thing for the economy hasn't worked so far.
We gave Banks TARP money hoping they would free up lending, but it didn't. They took the money to shore up their balance sheets and lending froze up, but the banks were healthier.

Unemployment is at 9.5% and it's not going to change until business start seeing their revenues increase. If we want to avoid a depression the government needs to provide a safety net and the best answer we have right now is the Stimulus... wish it wasn't true but that's just the reality of the situation.

That's why I like schuster, he's not afraid to correct people, unlike Blitzer, Gregory, Cooper and some of the other wusses.

I love the fast talk... the guy literally said in back-to-back statements that 1.) the Obama Administration said the stimulus ALONE would be enough to fix the economy, and then 2.) the Obama Administration said if we didn't pass the stimulus the economy would be in much worse shape.

How are those even remotely the same thing? How do you talk to someone like this?

"The sky is dark blue."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because the sky is light blue."

Wait... what?

The right wing and G.O.P. did note vote for the stimilus package.

They now realize that it was a huge mistake because our economy under Bush had been run into the ground and his 800 billion dollar stimilus package could not be accounted for.

Since Obama has taken office he has been honest and open with the American people. Bush and Cheney were not.

It took us eight years to get into this mess and we are not going to come out of it in six months.

The G.O.P. and right wing will try and act like the last eight years did not exist but progressive Americans know better and will never let them off the hook for the mess they left this new administration.

The media should focus more on how a surplus was squandered and balanced budget destroyed under the leadership of Bush and the right wing.