Off topic , Politicians and economy (was] sigh... not moving now)

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I wrote this as a blog post back in February.

It may amuse some people.

 

Fat Cows, Skinny Cows

 

I am no economist.

 

 

But one does not need expertise in order to observe

 

that good times and bad times have spelled each other

 

off all through history.

 

This is a world of contrasts and cycles.

 

The tide can't always be in.

 

 

 

 

 

When a Pharaoh dreams of fat cows and skinny

 

cows the answer is clear. Cycles will occur, good

 

years will be followed by bad ones.

 

Build a little nest egg during the good times, OK?

 

It's not rocket science!

 

 

 

That mysterious entity, The Economy, appears to

 

be slowing down again. It's skinny cow time.

 

 

 

Now here is what always gets my goat when politicians

 

talk about the economy. It is a stupid, dishonest game

 

and they all play it. I wonder why the talking heads

 

on the media are still playing along and taking

 

the comments seriously, when they are totally predictable.

 

 

 

It goes more or less like this:

 

 

 

Bad Economy, party in power:

 

" The Economic cycle is against us right now, but that

 

is not our fault. "

 

Bad Economy, party in opposition:

 

" The Economy is doing poorly, and it is the fault of

 

sitting government. "

 

 

 

Good Economy, party in power:

 

" Look at how well we have managed the Economy!

 

Vote for us again! "

 

Good Economy, party in opposition:

 

" Sure, the Economy is good right now, but they are

 

just being lucky! "

 

 

 

In other words, power to manage the economy is

 

either claimed or denied depending on where the

 

advantage lies. Could we get some honesty please?

 

 

 

The reality appears to be that cycles will happen,

 

no matter what governments do.

 

But societies can choose ways to take the edge off.

 

 

 

To get back to the biblical example:

 

Fourteen years of fat cows is not an option.

 

But Pharaoh still has choices. He can choose to use the

 

years of the fat cows to build himself a bigger palace,

 

or he can fill the granaries so the people won't starve

 

during the lean years.

 

 

 

Oops, is that interference with the sacred cow of

 

the free market?

 

 

 

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