And all it took was electing the right anti-American racist freak president twice to achieve this STUNNING success.
What recovery? Anything we have “recovered” is not because of, but in spite of, all the “stimulus” that has been applied since 2008.
The pipes froze up, and as is the circumstance that often accompany this event, they split open in several places. The “stimulus” thawed out the pipes, but did nothing for the newly developed leaks from the damaged integrity of the plumbing. There is no incentive, apparently, to stop the leaks, but the supply is such that so far, some output is being delivered at the outlet, but WAY more is being wasted in the leaks.
The one saving grace we have right now, and the major factor that has kept the situation from exploding entirely, is that we have a vast and growing supply of natural gas now available, that was not there ten years ago. The natural gas is substituting for coal in power generation plants, and that has helped keep the price of electricity, on average, from skyrocketing out of sight. Because of the great and burgeoning supply, we should be converting many more homes to natural gas for home heating and cooking purposes, there should be many more motor vehicles converted to burning natural gas, and the infrastructure for the retail distribution of bottled and off-the-tap natural gas should be getting put in place.
Industry as a whole needs no other incentive than it is cheaper and more flexible to use natural gas directly as an energy source.