The entire economy is dependent on government support.
But the government has no money. It is in fact borrowing nearly as much as it takes in via taxes...
We are in a Depression now and have been since 2008. A Depression is defined as a 10% contraction in GDP. But for the government borrowing 11% of GDP and spending it, GDP would have contract by at least the same amount borrowed and spent.
THAT IS A DEPRESSION and the intentional avoidance of recognition of same only accumulate more damage to GDP that ultimately must be faced and absorbed.
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Outside of the cheerleading the economy in the US is wooden, zombie-like, dominated by non-productive speculation and wealth transferal. It is becoming a textbook example of policy error for the next school of economic thought to come forward after this epic failure by the neo-liberals and their faux free market hypocrisy.
JESSE