It could bring about the dismissal of Bernanke, the taming of fiscal deficits, the painless elimination of excess liquidity from bloated central bank balance sheets and the restoration of robust economic growth.
In fact, Ex-Im Bank has actually returned an average of nearly a billion dollars each year since fiscal 2008 to the Treasury, representing income in excess of operating expenses, so it really is self-sustaining.
Europe, too, is not just suffering from an excess of counter-inflationary zeal (at a time when deflation is also a risk) and inappropriate fiscal restraint: fundamental reforms are needed to labour and capital markets in several countries if domestic demand is to grow significantly.