Scott Miller wrote:

It’ll be what it is.

It isn't what it won't be, but whatever was?

More people expecting a greater number of goods and services that in 1937 were not expected, not widely available and, in some cases, not yet imagined has led to the "of this".

Expansion has been a part of this country and a large part of the "of this".

Massive stimulus may not be any more transformative than significant long-term contraction.

I do know that when I undergo massive stimulation, I feel transformed...but I've found that it's not a permanent change.

thx.

so old that some attribute it to Maynard Keynes.

lovely metaphor--- pushing on a string.