> The policy tool deployed to create jobs has been to use the central bank (via its mandate to maintain employment) to inflate the currency. In my previous com

> The policy tool deployed to create jobs has been to use the central bank (via its mandate to maintain employment) to inflate the currency. In my previous comment here, I compared the United States' post-Carter economic policy to medicating with street stimulants [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15301731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15301731 I also like to compare the government's money-pumping schemes to firefighters who point their hose where they see the fire (above the roof), instead of fighting it at its source. Firefighters are smarter than that. I think 'gullible' is a requirement for most elected offices.