Episode 4: Economic Stimulus or Excessive Spending?

On President's Day, Kwass and Jay return from a brief hiatus to breakdown President Obama's economic stimulus bill and assess whether it would create jobs or just create more national debt. Once again, special guest and Murrow alum Ilya Arbit joins the hosts to analyze the effectiveness of allocating monies for various unrelated projects to stimulate the economy. The Legal Docket also looks out the perspective nationwide impact of the stimulus, and how it will effect some regions more than others. The hosts discuss Timothy Geithner's plan to fix Detroit and revamp General Motors and Chrysler. Besides the economy, also on the Docket is Illinois Senator Ronald Burris's defense for withholding info related to phone conversations with Blagojevich's brother. The wildcard topic is Obama's appointment of Gil Kerlikowske as drug czar and how it will bring a new approach in Washington where national drug policy will no longer be solely focused on arrests and prosecution. Kwass and Jay also give their take on the Supreme Court chipping away at the exclusionary rule, and how it is placing less checks on police misconduct.