# How Bush is going to fix the economy...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bush-is-going-to-fix-the-economy/146386>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 3, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bush-is-going-to-fix-the-economy/146386 "2003-01-03T07:43:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bush-is-going-to-fix-the-economy/146386/21 "2003-01-03T20:59:22Z")

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Releasing negative news at times it will be overlooked is still wrong, and it’s valid to complain about it. Just because it’s done a lot doesn’t mean it should be given a pass.

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**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bush-is-going-to-fix-the-economy/146386/22 "2003-01-03T21:36:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by friedo \*  
> \*\*I still don’t understand why in an alledgedly free country, it is the Government’s responsibility to “fix” the economy in the first place. Market economies generally find ways to fix themselves. \*\*

Perhaps, but it generally ain’t pretty if they do it on their lonesome. The economy is generally cyclical over the long run, but as Keynes famously quipped, in the long run, we are all dead. Governments can make the landing from a recession a little softer, and prime the pump to get a recovery started. It is the government’s responsibility only to the extent that we have decided, as a society, that there is only so much socioeconomic pain that we are willing to endure.

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**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bush-is-going-to-fix-the-economy/146386/23 "2003-01-03T22:56:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \*  
> \*\*Conversely, the Democratic party could use, “Whoa, you’re fucked up, Jack. Just bend over here for second and we’ll fix ya right up.” \*\*

Nope. It’ll never work. It just doesn’t have the snap of “I’m all right, Jack….,” or “…pimply ass,” or even”what’s good for General Motors……” You need something short with just the smallest iota of plausibility to it.

Dollars to donuts the “New Improved Bush Economic Initiative” (NIBEI for short) relies primarily on reducing taxes for people with plenty of disposable income. If it doesn’t work it will be blamed on Sadam.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bush-is-going-to-fix-the-economy/146386/24 "2003-01-03T23:46:16Z")

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Not quite, **Avalonian**. I think you missed the most essential context of “fix” as in “fix the economy”. My cat can explain it to you.

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