Tag: inflation

Spin, Lie, Duck and Dodge

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”  Thomas Sowell The Fed insists that persistent high inflation, clocking in at its highest level…

Manipulating Inflation Numbers

Imagine a world in which I was legally allowed to steal 13–30% of your wealth every single year, and lie to you about how much I’m stealing.  Welcome to Planet Earth, 2021.  Strange Sounds The U.S. has fallen to 20th…

Swamponomics

NEWS FLASH:   Experts say there is no inflation  – unless you eat, rent or own your home, or seek medical care. The U.S. government claims that there is no increase in prices, except for things that consumers are buying. That…

Fabricating the Inflation Rate

The latest lie from the U.S. government is the “new” official inflation rate of 1%.  Wouldn’t it be nice if that were true? Of course, when you live in the real world you know better. The government uses two methods…