Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch From: wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Ronnie, Ronnie, he's our man. Message-ID: <628@ihuxp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 14:38:35 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxp.628 Posted: Fri Feb 10 14:38:35 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 08:34:47 EST References: <109@ccieng2.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 18 The point about things economically getting worse before getting better has to be intrinsically obvious. Society has a lot of mass inertia. (Definition for the nit-pickers out there: When dealing with the forces exerted by millions of people, it is impossible to immediately force a change "on the dime" because of the inertia. If I may draw an analogy, think of trying to stop a train.) Our economy had a lot of negative velocity. Reganomics applied a positive acceleration, which first slowed the downward trend and then reversed it to a positive trend. "Ourya Otherma Eraswa Ombatca Ootsba" Walt Pesch AT&T Technologues, Inc. ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch