Luckily it is only 1%, but why? The question is: why does there have to be any inflation? Who felt it was necessary to add that? Are we just so unable to think beyond the chains that have already been given to us that we can't free ourselves?

It's like the guy who is in prison for half his life and gets out. He creates a bedroom with bars on the windows and a prison-like setting because that's all he knew and it makes him comfortable to be in the same setting again.