The exact opposite of a smart idea to prevent economic collapse: Print money to pay the Wall Street terrorists

Steve Randy Waldman thinks Washington should give you cash. Not just you, of course, he would also give it to your neighbor, your cousin Stella, and Paris Hilton (Lord knows she needs the money). Everyone would get some cash. It would be deposited in their bank accounts, or otherwise handed over in order to address the absence of demand that is now wreaking havoc on the economy.