1. things are somewhat ok
2. things are getting better slowly and trending upwards
3. government gets involved
4. things go south
5. government gets more involved
6. things go worse
7. government gets involved
8. things get really bad
9. government says they need to get involved to rectify the situation
The left starts looking at things at #8 and then celebrates the idea at #9
The right are often old enough to remember 1-7