“Shrinkflation” — A Result of The Shrinking Value of The Dollar

February 9, 2024

When politicians spend money that they don’t have ($34 trillion+) the Fed has to counterfeit money into existence. Everyone then has to adapt to the dollar losing value. Companies too have to adapt, by cutting costs and via “shrinkflation” (i.e., charging the same amount for less product). The companies aren’t being “greedy.” They’re just adapting to actual greed — politicians spending money that they do not have.

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Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.