We have been in short term mode for 4 years and I have yet to see it pay off long term. We need to enact long term thinking. It’s our only way of getting out of short term thinking. We are in the new normal, now it’s time for a new future.
Stop bribing and start investing. Btw, investing is getting long term benefits for current outlays. I heard someone say yesterday that the bed they just bought was an investment! No depreciating good is an investment unless it brings long term profit. We need to use language more precisely.