TIGERHAWK PRESENTS the grim economic chart of the day. “It basically shows how much economic growth would be required to return the unemployment rate to ‘only’ 6%.”

Of course, if Congress and the Administration knew they had to boost the economy or face hanging in a year they’d be cutting regulations and taxes like mad. That they aren’t doing so suggests that growth isn’t really their top priority.

UPDATE: Rand Simberg says it’s a case of economic Munchausen’s Syndrome by proxy.