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Inflation - Suspicions Confirmed

March 7, 2008 – 10:26 pm

Several recent articles here have mentioned ‘inflation’, but have used U.S. government statistics. It’s much worse, folks, than the official version. Here’s my down-home take, plus that of an actual expert, from 8 months ago. It still applies.
The federal government claims that inflation is low and fairly stable at present. Do you believe [...]

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