This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation.
The goatee consisted of a mustache, a soul patch (a small spot of hair that grows under the bottom lip) and groomed beard.
Fans were taken aback when they saw Reed Richards' moustache in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but there's a history there.