The Economy
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The economy is the pulse of the Nation, Amen.
How the economy does is a reflection of how well the country is doing.
Some things help the economy; some things hurt the economy.
This article will attempt to explain what an economy is and what factors can help or hurt it.
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Factors That Influence The Economy
The Unseen Hand of The Market
Or "America's Holy Spirit", "The Unseen Hand" is a fancy way of saying no one can control or know what the market does what it does. The great prophet of economics, Adam Smith, once wrote that "The Unseen Hand does whatever it wants, but it generally tries to rid the world of liberals."
Tax Cuts
The economy only works when enough people get tax cuts. These people will actually spend their money, as opposed to the rest of the nation, which would put it in "Investment Accounts". Without tax cuts, the market falters and sputters like an SUV running low on gas, speaking of which...
Corporate Robustness
When corporations are buzzing, so goes the economy. And the only real way to measure the success of corporations is by comparing the ratio between the wages of the CEO and the average employee. When the ratio is higher, the more successful a corporation is.
War
Nothing boosts an economy like a good old-fashioned war. A war saved liberal FDR from the Great Depression, but we can't give him too much credit...
No one wants a war, but sometimes you can't choose the war, the war chooses you. And someone has to have the money to fight it, the military can't do it alone, have you seen the recruitment levels these days?
We have to fight them there, so we don't fight them here. And that costs money.
Proximity to an election
The closer to an election, the better the economy gets. No one know how this happens, but it does, just ask any Republican.
