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markodochartaigh

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2. I remember stagflation.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 10:55 PM

May 23

Inflation with high unemployment. Recessions. And the Austrian economists like the Republicans listen to will blame it on government spending. At least in the 70's other countries wanted to buy dollars as a safety measure. I think that our oiligarchs want to tank the US economy, the dollar, and what little social safety nets we have, all at once.

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