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The problem with the economy right now is not that there isn't enough money to fund corporations, it's that the average person isn't making enough regular income.

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Look, I see what you are trying to say. But I don't think anyone knows exactly what the problem with the economy is, and if they did, I would not expect to hear about it for the first time in a comment on hacker news. The average person not making enough income is a symptom of almost every kind of problem that can occur in a free economy, but it is not a cause.

If you're hearing that point for the first time today, then you've been paying very little attention to the discourse about the recession over the past couple of years.

Of course I have heard the contention that people are not able to buy things because their incomes are lower than they need to be. I'm saying that is a symptom, not a cause, of the current problems with our economy, and I have not seen it described credibly as a cause.

"This strongly suggests that it’s a weak labor market for everyone out there, and businesses have no trouble finding the workers they need; they just don’t know what to do with those workers, given weak demand."

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/structural-imped...

People aren't buying things (presumably because they can't afford them), so businesses aren't hiring. Look at the graph. Businesses aren't concerned about "Interest Rates & Finance", which means they can get the money they need. They just don't have anyone to sell things to.

I don't think my accusation that you weren't paying attention has any merit since this is the article I was thinking of at the time, and it's only three weeks old. I apologize. I think there were other things said along these lines, though.

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