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The Astonishing Real Value of the Social Security Trust Fund
Despite the frequent attention Social Security gets from the US press and the hundreds of politicians in Washington, the ugly fact about the Social Security Trust Fund (SSTF) is that it contains nothing that has any financial value. No cash, no stocks, or no bonds that can be sold to any person, business or country.
The Real Causes of Inflation
Some pundits and politicians have blamed Joe Biden for our economy’s high inflation rate, but the facts tell a different story.
The primary causes of the recent surge in our inflation rate are Covid-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, corporate greed (or good business decisions), and something no politician has mentioned: excessive government and private debt.