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Originally Posted by Fazor
The other thing that amazes me is how much a current political figure gets attributed to current economical statistics, even though given the nature of poltics and economics, the impact of anything done during one term will likely not be seen for at least one or two terms after the fact.
It's like everyone assumes theres some "economy lever" that a president can pull to either fix or worsen the economy instantly. I guess that thought would make me feel better about being president, as if I did royally screw up it probably would get blamed on the next guy  |
The majority of people just don't think about it. In feudal times, if there was a crop failure, there was a peasant revolt. Just like clockwork. Today, the economy's bad, it must be someone's fault. Hey, look, there's someone who claims to be responsible for the entire country! Let's get 'im!
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