Robert's Rules of Recession
Yes. Under the law he has 90 days to do this. If he doesn't, the country goes into a recession automatically.</br></br>When all the economic indicators are falling and his popularity is dropping in the polls. Then, by decree, he must go on television and tell the American people that his administration had nothing to do with the slump, which was caused by 50 years of reckless Democratic spending and high taxes.</br></br>He can, but he would be crazy if he did. He'd be much better off referring to unemployment as an unexpected blip in the GNP screen, which was triggered by a bad rice crop in Mongolia.</br></br>That's what a president is for. He promises the country that the recession will disappear as soon as rich people get tax breaks and start buying houses in Palm Springs again.</br></br>The big danger is that whenever Congress votes on an important measure such as a recession, it tacks on many pork barrel amendments that have nothing to do with the crash. These include bailouts for S&L bankers, pollution relief for special interest groups and appropriations for new military weapons that don't work.