“I think inflation is pretty easy to explain and people need to know what causes inflation,” Senator Paul said in an exclusive interview. “[The federal government] gets debt, then the Federal Reserve prints up new money to pay for the debt, that new money enters circulation, and that expansion of the money supply [leads to] inflation.”
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