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  • Yellen Says Inflation "Not All Bad" [semi-satire]

    02/20/2022 10:11:44 AM PST · by John Semmens · 13 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 20 February 2022 | John Semmens
    While admitting that "7.5% inflation is concerning," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen insisted that "it's not all bad. Things would be worse without it." "I can understand how the average consumer might be worried that rising prices will negatively impact their standard of living, but the erosion of the purchasing power of the US dollar also has its benefits. To most ordinary people the government seems an all-powerful master of its situation. What they don't realize is that the government is the biggest debtor in the nation." "The declining purchasing power of dollars means that we can pay back our debt...