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To: kabar

Check your economics text book. Inflation decreases the real cost of repaying a debt.


104 posted on 03/05/2009 12:50:37 PM PST by Red Dog #1
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To: Red Dog #1
You may be paying the old debt back with cheaper dollars, but you will be piling up new debt in such areas as the entitlement programs that make up half of the annual federal budget. How big will the COLAs be for SS recipients? By 2030, one in 5 Americans will be 65 or older.

Inflation: the Hidden Wealth Destroyer and What To Do About It

106 posted on 03/05/2009 2:22:12 PM PST by kabar
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