American Greatness Iwas in a seaside resort town in Brazil a few years ago. While there, I developed a rapport with a former fashion model, with many interesting stories, who happened to own the bed and breakfast where I was staying.
One story was about how her father would make her give him most of her earnings for safekeeping. He converted them to dollars and stuffed the cushions and pillows of their couch with them, along with most of his earnings and her mother’s earnings as well. She and her mother thought he was crazy. Most of the people they knew also thought he was crazy. He was constantly ranting about inflation and how economic disaster was looming…
