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Obama’s economic adviser blasts Biden’s stimulus plan, says it could trigger high inflation
New York Post ^ | March 29, 2021 | Evie Fordham

Posted on 03/30/2021 5:32:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Former Obama economic adviser Larry Summers continues to blast the Biden administration’s stimulus plan and warns it will result in a major inflation crisis.

“We’re taking substantial risks,” Summers told The Washington Post. “This might not have struck as much a nerve if it didn’t reflect concerns that were widely felt.”

“I know the bathtub has been too empty,” he continued. “But one has to think about what the capacity of the bathtub is and how much water we’re trying to flow into it.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: biden; districtofcolumbia; economy; eviefordham; inflation; influence; larrysummers; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; obama; stimulus; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 03/30/2021 5:32:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Did you know that the Bidens were married in a bathtub? They had a double ring ceremony.


2 posted on 03/30/2021 5:35:22 PM PDT by Richard Axtell (President Asterisk is an ass to risk the economy and rights of all Americans.)
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To: nickcarraway

Printing money out of thin air causes inflation. Who knew?


3 posted on 03/30/2021 5:36:57 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: lurk

Oh, NOW somebody is worried about inflation? You want to see the real impact of inflation, watch real estate prices even in a depressed market. And how about Bitcoin? THERE is a Ponzi scheme waiting to collapse.


4 posted on 03/30/2021 5:39:32 PM PDT by alloysteel (¡Viva la Revolución! It worked for Castro....)
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To: alloysteel

Summers is one of my favorite democrats. Dick Lamm was the other. Summers knows more about women than the others. For that reason alone I doubt if he gets laid as much as the rest of em’.


5 posted on 03/30/2021 5:43:30 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: nickcarraway

Ya think.


6 posted on 03/30/2021 5:45:41 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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To: lurk
Right? lol
The debt clock STILL not reflecting the last two stimulus bills. The debt should be over $30 Trillion and counting.

One lil side note - Notice at the bottom, unfunded liabilities. Promised benefits that have not been funded. This number was $159 Trillion only a few short weeks ago. Now it registers $162 Trillion.

Congress...Democrats and Republicans are spending us into insolvency and a major financial crisis.
https://usdebtclock.org/

Watch the pandemic birdie. Mask mask mask, climate change, China the slant eyed boogie man...all the while monumental fiscal mismanagement that will steal our retirements and our children's prosperity.

7 posted on 03/30/2021 5:48:55 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: nickcarraway

Too late to worry about that now.

Inflation is here with an attitude.


8 posted on 03/30/2021 5:49:20 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: nickcarraway

Ya think?


9 posted on 03/30/2021 5:54:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: nickcarraway

The government has failed. Unfortunately, half the people are fine with the failure and will pull us down with it. The debt numbers are staggering. One day we will live “one second after” and society as we know it will stop and we will be looking at each and say it finally happened or how did we get here.


10 posted on 03/30/2021 5:56:14 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: nickcarraway

If Summers isn’t right about this, I only have one question: Why not just pay everyone at least $10,000/month and eliminate poverty?

Finally, an expert is admitting that they have been fiddling with the gas-lights.


11 posted on 03/30/2021 5:57:20 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: alloysteel

Yep. $60,000 for bits on a computer?


12 posted on 03/30/2021 6:02:16 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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To: nickcarraway

Splish, Splash,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKCDc8Eg_-U

BiXidenomics; spend the ca$h.


13 posted on 03/30/2021 6:04:18 PM PDT by Paladin2
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‘Rats are the “Party On!” Party.


14 posted on 03/30/2021 6:06:28 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nickcarraway

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.


15 posted on 03/30/2021 6:08:47 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: Paladin2

See tagline.


16 posted on 03/30/2021 6:11:23 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: nickcarraway

Yay! One democrapcommunizt did the homework in Econ 101 - shocking.


17 posted on 03/30/2021 6:16:14 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: lurk
Talked to a guy about this the other day. I told him it always ends like the Weimar Republic.

He said: "Maybe it won't happen this time."

I said: "I can assure it will. It does, every single time in history and it will happen here, too."

I think I bummed him out.


18 posted on 03/30/2021 6:16:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Fire up the Printing Presses Full Speed, add a zero to all denominations, we all gonna be Rich!!


19 posted on 03/30/2021 6:45:12 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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STOP THE PRESSES! LET’S BRING BACK THE 5 CENT CANDY BAR!
When politicians particularly members of today’s in name only democrat party started pushing for a higher minimum wage. The focus should have been on purchasing power of the lowest coin of the realm. Each time it was passed the price of an item like an individual candy bar and everything else increased. What began at 5 cents in the 1940’s was when the minnimum wage was 50 cents an hour . As the rate steadily increased so did candy bar prices to what it is today. The result has always been since it began devaluing the purchasing power of the dollar.


20 posted on 03/30/2021 7:09:50 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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