Abraham Lincoln and our economy

I think it's crazy how our 16th president still has such a huge impact on our society today in 2009. I mean he has had direct influence on how Obama has brought in his rivals as members of his cabinet and Barack plans to use Lincoln as presidential guideline. I support Obama but as a consumer in our economy I'm not so sure about this stimulus package he's got going on here, and I think deep down inside he's not too sure of it either. Don't get me wrong I have faith in Barack but I don't think throwing money into every possible government program you could image just to create jobs in the short term is going to actual stimulate our economic slump. I hope my opinion is proven to be invalid in the years to come, for everybody's own good. I have faith in our newly appointed president although I don't believe that his high risk financial agenda will in turn spend our way out of recession.