It's a combination of things. Tax cuts juicing an already hot economy, economic stimulus attempting to minimize the effect of a temporary pandemic, former executive fighting against interest rate increases. However this is a very US centric view.

It's also important to remember inflation is a global phenomenon. US policy might have outsized effect, but it is certainly not the whole story. Global gas prices hit decade-long highs last year, after massive lows during the pandemic. We had to somewhat jumpstart the global economy, and recover from slowdowns during that time as well.

The mere $2000 stimulus checks are nothing.

It was the billions in PPP loans that lots of people used fraudulently, including our own politicians. On top of that, it was decided they didnt need to be paid back, so people go to keep all the fancy cars, electronics and real estate they bought with it.

I can't tell if this is a serious question or not considering the past few years of disease and war.

Relief checks are a drop in the ocean compared to the pure, unadulterated fraud that was the PPP program and how much of that was forgiven.

I personally know companies that got 5-10 million dollars by lying about how many they employed. Any whistleblower programs out there with a reward for reporting them?