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Andy Biggs: “As close as we've ever come to a hyperinflationary time was…”

Featuring: Andy Biggs, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 5

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Published | Video Starts at 12:55

And my, so my question for, for you, Kurt, is this, number one, what does fiscal failure really look like? What's. And I would say that having lived through the. For America, As close as we've ever come to a hyperinflationary time was in the late 70s, early 80s under Jimmy Carter. And the attempt to turn back the clock on Jimmy Carter, those were, that's when your prime was, I think it hit 21 or something like that. (12:55–13:02)

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Asserts that the U.S. nearly experienced hyperinflation during the late 1970s and early 1980s under President Jimmy Carter.

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