The Congress and the Fed are responsible for Inflation . 
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 Inflation is inevitable when you <br>
1) increase demand artificially through Welfare programs <br>
2) increase demand artificially by spending money you don`t have (20 trillion debt) <br>
3) print money. 
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We have been electing lawyers to Congress who <br>
1) are ignorant of economic laws <br>
2) pad their own bank accounts at taxpayers expense <br> 
3) spend money to buy votes. 
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What you are seeing in the market place is reality. <br>
Our money is not worth what it should be for reasons stated above. 
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The Greed is not in the Business - it is in the Government .
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Only monopolies can raise prices arbitrarily and stay in business.