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Government HAS to step up every now and then to reassure me that everything will be ok.

No -- the government should step up every now and then to make things ok. There's a big difference between that and just stepping up and making reassuring sounds without actually doing anything.

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Not to make this is an N-level deep thread but I totally agree with you. I didn't mean President going on national TV and saying "it's all good". I meant it in economic terms, like http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm doing their job.

There is disagreement about what steps central banks and others should take to control the economy. NNT thinks the Federal Reserve is incompetent, for example. I don't know whether he's right or not, but the point of view being expressed is not against central banks, regulation or interventions. It's against the necessity (perceived or otherwise) of these things to keep things running.

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