Ron Johnson: “A dollar you held in 1998 is only worth 51 cents.”

“Do you think it's the cost of living. Sure. Always has been, always will be. And it's difficult once you've devalued the dollar to the extent we have over the decades. A dollar you held in 1998 is only worth 51 cents. As recently as 2019, that dollar's worth 80 cents. And so the 40 year high inflation incurred during the Biden administration, that permanently devalued the dollar.” (08:26–08:29)

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