Basically inflation of USD is diluted across the world because other countries (until recently) needed USD to trade with many other countries. Normally, the co

Basically inflation of USD is diluted across the world because other countries (until recently) needed USD to trade with many other countries. Normally, the costs of Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons are distributed among the group. In the case of US Senators and Congressmen, if what you say is true, the costs are outsourced to the rest of the world.