The Rfucks don't have a clue about mitigating ANY issue, at this point.
The stimulus, a tried and true Keynesian formula for recovery, was directed to bankers with no strings attached by them...then cut short by the same. Any investment that might have resulted in long term job growth was stifled. Ask them about it now and their one word answer (typical form) is "Solyndra". Oh, that's also the one word answer for any proposal to grow the sustainable energy sector (or reduce subsidies for the fossil fuel sector), too. The stimulus also had the debt deck stacked against it...a debt created guess who's tax cuts for the rich and failed adventures abroad.
These fuckers haven't had a cogent answer that was even remotely in the public interest for about 40 years now. It's been all electoral politics, all the time, regardless of social cost.