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I think more is required than that for most people.
When a recession hits, it's an accumulation of hearing all the buzzwords ("recession", "slow down", "volatility", "slump"), hearing several financial analysts (one after the other) give advice that you would typically hear during a recession and seeing the numbers support it.
I don't think there are enough people from any one political party with enough muscle to make it happen when all other indicators point to good times. I just don't see that happening.
The average Joe (I would hope) would take a look around them and put two and two together to come up with their own conclusion. It's kind of difficult to tell someone there's a recession when he just sold his house for 20% more than he paid for it five years ago and he can point to 3 of his friends that have recently done the same.
That also doesn't take into account the fact that recession is bad for everyone, not just the ruling party. If Democrats try to will the population into a recession and they are successful, then their friends and families will suffer for it along with Republicans. They may be on opposite sides of the fence inside the US, but the whole country feels it and is worse off for it. It just doesn't make a lot of sense, even if it were possible.
I think a recession is truly a case where the people have the power over any government agency or group. The population decides to spend their money or not.
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