That won't keep us from trying! But conditions have been right for an economic downturn, and now the coronavirus and an oil price war are pushing us over the edge. The Federal government believes very strongly in spending its way out of recessions, so I expect we've got another few years of still more heavy spending ahead of us.
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I doubt that printing money and giving it out to everybody who wants some can be the solution. It only leads to a total inflation, like we had in Germany during the Great Depression.
Lets see how this virus thing pans out - just now its bringing whole countries to a grinding halt, like Italy.
Try telling our government that! Congress members should be required to take a basic economics class ... or better yet, we could have term limits so they have to go out and survive in the real world.
I take it that the real experts are sure this is going to be widespread--the latest I'm hearing is 60-70% infection rate worldwide. They're trying to limit the speed of spread, so the medical infrastructure doesn't get overwhelmed all at once--which would increase deaths. The irony is, if they succeed everyone will say there was never a danger in the first place, rather than crediting officials for getting us through it.
Just last night Trump anounced a complete ban of all European travellers (except UK) and goods. That is incredible - I think that has never been done before.
And the destruction of the economy continues. Stock markets are nose diving, so do oil prices and interest rates. Hard times ahead...
On a different subject: guess what just appeared on Netflix - the second season of "Timeless"! I don't even try to understand what happened.
As long as it happened!