pafret wrote:
That has been the modus operandi for the last fifty years. Why give Trump credit for what has been done many times in the past by both parties? Since the creation of the Fed in 1913 and in particular, the abandonment of the gold standard, by Richard Nixon in 1971, there has been no restraint on the printing presses. Consider something as elementary as savings, we have come a long way from Ben Franklin's "A penny saved is a penny earned" maxim. Any money saved has its value eroded swiftly by the relentless funding of giveaways and freebies, both individual and corporate. It is all funny money.
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