r/Conservative • u/Pessimist2020 • Dec 22 '20

Americans Excitedly Anticipate Getting Paid With Their Own Money Satire - Flaired Users Only

https://babylonbee.com/news/americans-excitedly-anticipate-getting-paid-with-their-own-money
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

Not at all, I’m all for giving to the people. But if the government did nothing it’d take years to recover from this

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u/Cypher1388 Dec 22 '20

Proof/sources? The government hasn't, not done anything, in response to a recession/depression/crises in >120 years.

There are many research studies which suggest government intervention during the great depression PROLONGED the situation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

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u/allboolshite Dec 22 '20

What you see in reality is the need for a balance between both.

Exactly. Austerity when the economy is freezing up can lock it. Indebtedness when things are going well means less to draw on when things get bad again.