Remember the "jobless recovery"?
Yes, I remember that characterization. That "jobless recovery" where unemployment was LESS THAN 5%.
Yeah, that sucked. We need to hike taxes, that's OBVIOUSLY the way to encourage growth. At least, it's the only obvious way now that we've spent buckets of government money and gotten an increase in unemployment.
Because my preconceived notions of how the economy works can't be challenged by the data right in front of me. TAX AND SPEND AWAY!