Starting just weeks after Joe Biden became president of the United States in January of 2020, the economy entered a period of sustained inflation that hadn't been seen in the previous four decades. Omnibus spending bills and federal monetary policy did little to bring inflation down and may have even fanned the flames. It got so bad that even Santa Claus had to start "reducing, reusing, and recycling". Here are two takes on Santa Claus searching a landfill for a few extra toys.
These illustrations were drawn using Stable Diffusion 2.1.
