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T H E H U T R U T
The other senators searched for the
meaning of his metaphor. Perhaps
none existed.
“Well, sir, the problem is quite
simple,” said Hank Plankton, the
new head fi sh accountant.
“Hut prices are falling,
so citizens don’t feel as
wealthy as they did before.
As a result, they have stopped spending. If we can push hut
prices back up, people will start spending again.”
“Cool, Plankie, I knew this was gonna be a breeze,” said
Bass. “How we gonna do that? Do we have someone in
charge of that? Sounds like a cool job. Maybe I’ll appoint
one of my biggest donors.”
“Well, sir, it’s not quite that simple,” said Plankton.
“We can’t just mandate that hut prices go back up.
As you know, we have kept Finnie and Fishy
lending. Unfortunately, that alone is not
enough. For some reason the people
don’t want to borrow. Perhaps the loan
application is still too complicated.
But for now, we need to push interest
rates lower and then give people more
tax breaks to buy huts. That should
create a lot of demand for
loans, which should stop hut
prices from falling and get hut
builders busy again.”
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