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A rising tide lifts all boats. What about boats that are anchored or moored?

• dmurray 6y ago
  Those too. You put enough extra length in the anchor chain to make sure of it. Did you think that moored boats all sank when the tide came in?
• aspenmayer 6y ago
  For that matter, what about the wrecks on the bottom of the ocean, and the survivors bobbing on the surface?
• zupzupper 6y ago
  >What about boats that are anchored or moored? Well how else were you going to wash the sides down?
• shuntress 6y ago
  Not that anyone will see this but regarding this comment's siblings: It seems like you don't understand the metaphor unless you each mean to imply that The Economy goes through frequent regular cycles of significant expansion and contraction where every expansion reaches a consistent, predictable high point before contraction brings it back down to a consistent predictable low point. But it can still accurately represent the people who are "left behind" in the economy. You cannot just say "Ah yes, the tide is going up. Therefor everyone is safe and dry in their boats as they rise with the tide" as an excuse to ignore people who need help.