Re: Do you have any idea how many times I've heard this kind of lament during economic downturns?
You hear this lament when miserable failures in government are trying to defend the power they won a few years ago.
After all, if the current economic condition is all existential and unavoidable -- some historical imperative -- it can't possibly be their fault. And of course, if they can't fix it, nobody else could. Certainly not with any ideas other than theirs.
Like I said, I've seen it all before.