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Governor Palin’s Inflation Warning in 2010 Looks Increasingly Prophetic

The return of the misery index.

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American Thinker: Inflation climbs to 3.6% in May. Palin was right!

Palin argued that QE2 was a dangerous experiment that risked inflation.

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What if Sarah had gone to Harvard?

Guest submission by: John Adams What if Sarah had gone to Harvard or Princeton like Obama, Romney, Huntsman and Daniels? If she had gone to an Ivy League school she might have: • Recognized that the 2,000 page Obamacare bill would lead to rationing of health care, end of life counseling and increased costs of [...]

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Governor Palin’s Prescience Proven on the Effect of a Weakened Dollar on Energy Prices

Suffice it to say, Governor Palin was right again, and she saw it nineteen months before everyone else did–the value of the dollar effects energy commodity prices which can affect prices throughout the economy

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The Unhinging of the Left and the Prescience of Palin

Their greatest fear? The potential for a prescient Palin to become President Palin.

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Don Surber: Palin Vs. Krugman; UPDATED

How did she know? She has real world knowledge. She has run a business. She has been a governor. She actually ran something other than her mouth.

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New York Sun: Sarah Palin for the Fed?; UPDATED

The big question as Chairman Bernanke gets set for his first quarterly press conference is how Sarah Palin was able to figure out sooner than everyone else that the Federal Reserve’s campaign of quantitative easing wouldn’t work.

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More Confirmation Governor Palin is Correct on Inflation

Inflation, as Milton Friedman noted, is nothing more than a tax governments impose on their citizens to pay for bad economic policy.

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Governor Palin Correct All Along, Food and Energy Prices Continue to Rise

In a speech in Phoenix in early November, Governor Palin warned that inflationary pressures were on the rise, particularly in the food and energy sectors.

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Governor Palin on the Issues: Monetary Policy

A few weeks ago, C4P asked readers and commenters for suggestions for the site. One commenter (H/T Riley4Palin) suggested that we comprehensively highlight Governor Palin’s stance on policy issues. Over the next few months, I will attempt to post on at least one issue per week. It is my hope that this project will help [...]

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More Evidence Governor Palin Is Correct About Rising Food Prices; UPDATED: Others Following Governor Palin’s Lead on QE2

In a speech on Monday in Arizona, Governor Palin correctly noted that food prices were rising, and that QE2 would lead to even more inflationary pressure on food, oil, and other commodities. This prompted Sudeep Reddy, a Wall Street Journal reporter to question Governor Palin’s asserting that food prices were rising. Governor Palin then put [...]

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Time Magazine: Governor Palin and Tea Party Responsible For Future Hyperinflation

I’ve read some truly moronic claims in the mainstream media the past week, but this may take the cake. Time Magazine, apparently, wants to make the case that the fiscal responsibility and monetary restraint Governor Palin and the Tea Party advocate will result in hyperinflation. You can’t make this up. Ed Morrissey does a masterful [...]

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Paul Gigot: Governor Palin "Leading the Pack" on Monetary Policy

In a Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday (to which Ian linked), the editors noted the degree of sophistication Governor Palin is bringing to the table as she attempts to focus the nation’s attention on the disastrous repercussions which must result from a further inflating of the currency. Specifically, she referred to QE2, the Fed’s plan [...]

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Governor Palin: Obama’s Clever Way to Punt the Tough Calls: Driving the Dollar Down

From Governor Palin’s Facebook page: In his press conference on Monday, President Obama responded to critics of the Federal Reserve’s decision to start a new round of quantitative easing – a fancy term for printing money out of thin air. He claimed this move would drive up U.S. growth rates. He also warned that “the [...]

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R. Patrick Sullivan: An Energetic Palin Brings her Reaganesque Conservative Message to Phoenix

R. Patrick Sullivan was at Governor Palin’s speech in Phoenix yesterday and filed this report on his blog: Your humble Drunken Conservatives correspondent was smuggled inside the STAFDA (Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association) trade show in downtown Phoenix to see Sarah Palin give a well-received political speech to an enthusiastic, standing room only crowd. [...]

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QE2: That 70s Show Redux?; UPDATED: The Late Milton Friedman Explains How Bad Monetary Policy Causes Inflation

Refugees from the 1970s doubtlessly recall the daily parade of bad economic news to which they were treated each evening by the Big Three television networks (back then, due to a lack of competition, they actually had viewers). This period of time was characterized by a stagnant economy, high unemployment and interest rates, double digit [...]

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National Review: Palin to Bernanke: ‘Cease and Desist’

As Ian pointed out in the Open Thread, Gover Palin will be speaking at the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association Annual National Convention and Trade Show in Phoenix. National Review obtained some of her remarks, they report: As President Obama prepares for the G20 summit in South Korea this week, Sarah Palin is challenging [...]

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