Exactly. That is the complete and full point, namely, that we have got an economy with deficient demand. It is lagging. It is mired in a jobless recovery. And to get it up on its feet and running, you have got to put money in people's pockets to spend so that they can go buy things, work down inventories, and get the economy running at full speed again.
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