What 8% Inflation Will Do To Your Bonds And Your Bank Stocks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Keeping the supply of currency fixed in real terms, it can print $5 of paper money at your expense and use it to pay for Social Security, Medicare and whatever.
49% : The problem starts with the unwillingness of politicians to touch Social Security or Medicare and would be compounded if China's belligerence results in a boost to defense spending.
43% : Unable to finance itself with a rising level of debt to GDP, the government will have to do one of three things: raise taxes, cut entitlements or extract wealth via the inflation tax.

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