We've tried the Bush way (cut taxes and increase spending) and now we're trying the Obama way (raise taxes and have a wild orgy of increased spending).
The Germany That Said No......
The stimulus pleas of the Obama administration fell on deaf ears in Berlin. Guess whose economy is growing faster. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel chose spending and tax cuts while our President Obama pleaded with her to deploy Keynesian deficit "stimulus" spending. Today Germany's economy has returned to their pre-crisis condition (in fact, better) while America's is floundering.
It's the spending, stupid!
Now let's do the right thing. Cut taxes and cut spending.