What We Have Is Called A Predicament

Posted By on January 2, 2011

The United States and its leaders are stuck in what is called a predicament. They need the economy to improve in order to generate jobs, but the economy can only improve if people have jobs…. They need the economy to recover in order to improve our deficit situation, but if the economy really recovers long term interest rates will increase, further depressing the housing market and increasing the interest expense burden for the U.S., therefore increasing the deficit…. A recovering economy would result in more production and consumption, which would result in more oil consumption driving the price above $100 per barrel, therefore depressing the economy…. Americans must save for their retirements as 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day, but if the savings rate goes back to 10%, the economy will collapse due to lack of consumption…. Consumer expenditures account for 71% of GDP and need to revert back to 65% for the U.S. to have a balanced sustainable economy, but a reduction in consumer spending will push the U.S. back into recession, reducing tax revenues and increasing deficits…. You can see why this is a predicament.

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