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Inflation

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. – Franklin Pierce Adams

What this country needs is a good five cent cigar. – Franklin Pierce Adams

I wasnt affected by inflation, I had nothing to inflate. – Gerald Barzan

Inflation is determined by money supply growth. – Roger Bootle

Remember when $25, 000 was a success? Now it is a garbage collector. – Frank Dane

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. – Milton Friedman

Nowadays, a penny saved is ridiculous! – Shelby Friedman

The first panacea for a misguided nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. – Ernest Hemingway

Having a little inflation is like being a little pregnant. – Leon Henderson

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. – John Maynard Keynes

Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink. – Ludwig von Mises

In spite of the cost of living, its still popular. – Kathleen Norris

The whole recorded history of man is strewn with the wreckage of the great civilizations which have crumbled under price controls; and in forty centuries of human experience, there has never been – Irving S. Olds

Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings. – Robert Orben

One good thing can be said for inflation: without it there would be no football. – Marty Ragaway

Someone said that inflation is like jumping off the top of the Empire State Building. The sensation is great as long as you keep on going. – David H. Scott

Imagine believing in the control of inflation by curbing the money supply! That is like deciding to stop your dog fouling the sidewalk by plugging up its rear end. It is highly unlikely to succeed, but if it does it kills the hound. – Michael D. Stephens

Inflation is when sitting on your nest egg doesnt give you anything to crow about. – Source Unknown