As far as Obama and the Democrat Party are concerned, the economy actually has to remain broken so they can try to “fix” it by putting government bureaucrats in charge
Congressional liberals incessantly propose and pass legislation that contravenes basic economic common sense and fundamental principles of economics. Any time Obama and the Democrats talk about legislation that will help economic recovery, you can be sure that is not the purpose of the legislation. “Economic recovery” to them means government spending that actually hinders economic recovery.