So fiscal policy can also be ineffective because of the political environment. Okay. The political environment affects fiscal policy as well. A lot of politicians are focused on reelection. Right? They want to be reelected. So they're going to support sometimes inappropriate fiscal policy to get them reelected. They might increase spending in their district just to look good to their constituents and be reelected. And maybe during the election period to help them get reelected, right? If the economy is booming, they can say, "Hey, look what I've done for you. Look at how great the economy is. Vote for me again," right? So they want to do things that are going to increase spending, increase the economy, while they're in office, to help them get reelected. So they might have tax cuts or increased spending for subsidies, right? Maybe for their constituents. They might vote for health care reform or education, which are not necessarily bad things, but maybe it's not appropriate when we think about the long-run growth of the economy from a macroeconomic perspective. Okay? So on top of reelection, there could also be policy reversals, right? Just because there's some sort of change that happens right now, some sort of reform that gets put into place, some sort of tax cut. Well, maybe a future Congress with different people in Congress might reverse it completely, right? So if these changes are viewed as temporary, well, they're not going to have long-term effects, right? If there's some sort of temporary, something viewed as temporary by the public like, "Hey, I know they cut the taxes but it's likely that that's going to be reversed when the Democrats get in power or whatever it might be." They might have that mentality and then they're not going to actually affect their spending. So even though there's a tax cut, it may not increase consumption because the constituents might actually just save the money rather than increase consumption because they know those taxes will increase in the future. Okay? So that's how the political environment can affect fiscal policy. Let's pause here and let's talk about another criticism.