It's not a cargo cult around line go up, if line go up was the dominant ideology then there wouldn't be so much cope from the president and his party about how the line is currently going down and how they want this actually (because of American Jobs or whatever else). You have the right idea though, vaguely prioritizing this notion of the economy over peoples actual wellbeing is basically the problem.
>>239194plenty of assets lose value faster than money, though. cars and electronics for example. Real estate tends to appreciate but not always.