I know it’s satire...
But the real issue is that economics is not unlike meteorology (climate change), or medicine/biology (Covid) today...
You have political buffoons and bureaucrats mixing what may be a little truth and problem with a whole lot of ideology and personal/self benefit. Their solutions are often a bigger problem than the so called problem, examples: CO2 limits, gun control, Covid shut down and Cuomo with his old folk homes mandating they take back positive cases, making marijuana illegal, gag orders for pharmacists to recommend lower cost alternatives (Trump did away with that BS thank God)...
Most of the policies they propose are written by small interest groups (like Obama care) while they pretend it’s legislation or regulation in the best interest of the nation and masses. These are literally policies that have an ulterior motive, almost always about someone making billions, example: the ban on older refrigerants made DuPont and Honeywell billions and they used the Ozone hole as the fake justification. What ever happened to the Ozone hole? Hahahaha Yeah, it’s today in the same place where acid rain, the coming ice age, lack of potable water, save the whales, save the polar bears, save the spotted owl, many recycling programs and DDT ban went - all BS causes.
Of course the DOJ is powerless as is the media because they are partial, they are part of the game!
Can it be fixed?
Or will the US just go under in a sea of stupidity, with make belief causes justifying corporate-government collusion and an ever expanse of a bureaucracy promising physical and economic security for a little bit of freedom and liberty?
BTW- what is the $9,000,000,000 a year TSA doing for us?
But no worries, just like 9-11 will live with us forever in the forms of a DHS, TSA, Patriot Act, so will Covid with vaccination passports and other government regulations and massive spending... Will the people learn? Nope- Not so far. Appeal a bit to their fear, and they will take off the shoes, empty their bags, and walk through a body scanner without probable cause or a warrant, and they will do so without complaint or concern.
America is a compliant folk today. They are a lot like the Euros. Maybe it’s public schools, immigration, the media, or all of them... but they do as they are told and think themselves better for it. The once American individualistic, rugged, independent, pious, and freedom loving people are gone. Today Americans are all fighting over how to also be recognized as a special protected group, how to get a government stimulus check, how to fit into some group, and how to pretend that somehow our values are not derived from a Christian value system. Modern Americans are similar to their Euro counterparts, they look towards the nanny state to replace family and a church which today are weak. The rise of socialist systems corresponds to the decay of society, i.e. it provides the services once provided by the church, community or family. Even today, where families, community, and the church is strong, how much “policing” do you need? Now many state subsidized old folks homes do you need? How many county women’s shelters do you need?...
Sad, but true.