This explains the validity of the phrase (unknown author): "If you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat!" (While, Bill Clinton used this phrase in his book, "My Life", it has been used prior in the FT.com by Leo Hindery, Jr., August 11, 2004. I am not sure, if it has an earlier origin)
Corporate CEOs need take a "leap of faith" to create the demand they need to sustain their businesses, by hiring and paying workers well. Then these workers, will in turn be the consumers of their goods and services, and the demand-supply cycle will get back in sync.
However, if they continue to sulk like babies, and sit on the sidelines, then demand will not pick up; the economy will tank, and so will their businesses.
They avoid the "free-market" "risk-reward" relationship at their own peril, and will end up "biting their nose to spite their face", if they do not start hiring, and paying good wages. Unfortunately, if they do not act soon, not only will they tank, they will also harm "we the people", by pushing us all into a USA or even a global second recession!
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