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KISS. Keep it simple stupid .The original bumper sticker, brought to education. Followed by political affiations like Centrist or Independent or Conservative or Originalist or some other gingoist attribute that says it all and says nothing. My favorite now is Inflation, a measure of economic activity that some think government or Mr Biden should be blamed for. It is a complex measure of conditions influenced little by party or policy or fault assigned. Like daily stockmarket numbers that deal with investor perceived risk in publicly traded companies, it is a measure of churn, not a good measure of the economy. Aside from being the tail of a dog enjoyable to watch with an evening cocktail, I suggest inflation is a measure of the performance of capitalism and most affected by supply, demand, greed, and amoralism of those with a firm grip on capital. Simple in its beauty, able to fit on a label, and keeps us distracted while we feel smuggly all knowing as to our choice of who to blame or why 85% of people get screwed and struggle again to make ends meet and have their angst directed toward some batch of talking head politicians.

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