"It's the economy, stupid!" was one of the popular phrases used in Bill Clinton's successful 1992 Presidential campaign. While it is true the state of the economy is one of the determining factors in the way people vote, the narrative that the economy is easy to fix, is quite frankly, false.
Fixing the economy is a narrative that nearly every politician runs on. Democrats say it. Republicans say it. And they all believe that they know how to fix it. (And they're all probably lying.)
To blame the state of the economy on the government alone is disingenuous. I am so tired of hearing people, who don't want government involved in the economy at all, complain the that the government didn't do enough to prevent the recession and that it isn't presently doing enough to fix the economy. Guess what, folks? You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't say you stand for one principle but then affirm another when it's convenient.
So many people (they're usually on Fox News) assert that they know how to fix the economy; to make it recession-proof. They'll make the claim that all that needs to be done is pinpoint the areas of weakness in the market and correct them.
This is, of course, a big fat lie. The economy is not simple, at all, so don't buy into the narrative that it's an easy fix.
Fixing the economy is a narrative that nearly every politician runs on. Democrats say it. Republicans say it. And they all believe that they know how to fix it. (And they're all probably lying.)
To blame the state of the economy on the government alone is disingenuous. I am so tired of hearing people, who don't want government involved in the economy at all, complain the that the government didn't do enough to prevent the recession and that it isn't presently doing enough to fix the economy. Guess what, folks? You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't say you stand for one principle but then affirm another when it's convenient.
So many people (they're usually on Fox News) assert that they know how to fix the economy; to make it recession-proof. They'll make the claim that all that needs to be done is pinpoint the areas of weakness in the market and correct them.
This is, of course, a big fat lie. The economy is not simple, at all, so don't buy into the narrative that it's an easy fix.
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