> But Friedman's original proposal and most others pay for it by having the rich pay for the poor through taxes and the middle class pay for themselves. It wou

> But Friedman's original proposal and most others pay for it by having the rich pay for the poor through taxes and the middle class pay for themselves. It would increase inflation in this example not because the government is printing money, but because the source of the money (the "rich") are not in the market for low-end housing, but the recipients of the taxes are.