Economic Recovery Plan: Oars For A Sinking Ship

Watching the debate in the Senate of the current "Economic Recovery Plan" being considered is like watching a bunch of confused sailors on a sinking boat. There is a gaping hole in the side of the hull and some of the sailors are saying "Quick we need more oars so that we can row ashore!" Others are saying "We need to raise the sails to catch more wind!", a majority are saying "We need to make more life boats so that we can abandon ship!" When what they should be doing is trying to repair the hole that is sinking the ship!
In my opinion that canon ball is the housing problem which created the hole and continues to let in water to sink the ship! Repair the hull of the ship and it will continue to float!
What we need is the Captain of the ship, President Obama, to focus the sailors on the real problem. If he fails to do this, I'm sorry to say, that this Captain will go down with the Ship before he even started to sail.