Raising the bar and lowering the bar are relative actions. Higher is not always better. If raising the bar demands the use of questionable leverage (depending on a teleprompter), isn't a crash more likely than a victory? Who's bar is it, anyway? If a dictator raises the bar for creative suppression of the masses, would the goal be to match his or her raise, or to take down the gym set?
Obama Souvenirs of Global Rebalancing
