As far as I understand the legal situation, it is not any different. But you don't really want to hear that, do you?

 >It does.

 Believing in fairy tales is not an excuse for murder.<

And hyperbole doesn't replace an argument.

 >No, I do not see any problem with attacking the most stridently insane country of the lot.

 When Germany starts acting less insane than the Netherlands, I will happily begin going after the Netherlands.<

Ad calendas graecas or so.

 >My emphasis.

 See the problem here?<

No.

 >And every time they do that, the Bundesbank immediately goes to Frankfurter Allgemeine BildZeitung and shrieks and whines about how unfair everybody is treating Germany until it stops.<

But that, like the two resignations, is actually a sign of weakness and waning influence.

 >The stimulus was much too small, certainly.

 But I note that no American state has seen 34 % drops in government outlays, 15 % drops in nominal wages and unemployment percentages in the high 20s.<

As far as I understand the states and local governments have almost offset the federal stimulus with their balanced budgets requirements. and the resulting fiscal austerity.