[CyberCowboy777]

Job creation and business expansion are not what held up the economy.

Consumer spending has been the fuel and that HAS been affected by the Tax cuts and Rebates.

[HamiltonJay]

Job Creation and Business Expansion is the ONLY thing that can expand the economy, your failure to recognize this is borderline pathological.

One time checks don't create jobs, or higher wages, both of which are needed to create and sustain any sort of growth. Refund checks do not do this, they also don't help companies loosen the purse strings, which is what really needs to happen to expand the economy. If the only job growth happening is outsourced IT to India, you don't have a growing or strong economy.