[mirimir]

Maybe I'm just too cynical, but we know that it'll happen just before the next Presidential election. If the party in power can't get enough buy-in from enough influential people.

[refurb]

You believe the party is power has enough sway to move the needle on a $20T economy?

[mirimir]

From what I've read over the years, it's happened before.

Or at least, it's been claimed that it's happened before.

PR obviously also plays a huge role.

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/09/business/recession-and-re...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1990s_recession_in_the_U...

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-economy-and-the-elect...

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/08/19/fox-friends-not-afra...

https://www.dailywire.com/news/50222/bill-maher-recession-wo...

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/stocks-drop-as-recession...

https://www.salon.com/2019/08/24/history-suggests-that-a-rec...