Why? The stimulus was nothing more than a liberal's wet dream to fund their pet projects.
Perhaps you should read this:
stimulus crap
It did increase demand temporarily and the markets and income statements show that.
Can't argue with the math of what it did.
The argument is not whether it increased demand, the argument is whether it left anything afterward that was worth anything.
I say no.
Given the balance sheets and domestic demand right now, I believe the markets value is around 7000. A lot of this is exporting of industry to overseas locations and consumers and government funding lifestyles on debt. Pay down the debt, demand will increase as will taxes and government services eventually as they will not have to pay the debt finance expense.
This is a debt crisis. Whole different animal than an inventory recession.
3 ways out
Inflation (lets not do that, punishes savers)
Default (Doesn't sound good, probably ends the country)
Paying off the debt (hardest politically, smartest economically)