What can be done to stimulate an economy whose average GDP was estimated to rise only
1.6 percent in 1992 and whose estimates for corporate pre-tax profits were only eight percent for the
year? (Meyers, 1992). When comparing these percentages to 4.8 percent and 23 percent,
respectively, for the first full year [1992], it may seem an insurmountable task. However, solutions
were proposed.