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It absolutely IS about currency. They're printing money to pay for shit they can't afford. That is in ADDITION to the taxes that will be levied. Big governme

It absolutely IS about currency. They're printing money to pay for shit they can't afford. That is in ADDITION to the taxes that will be levied. Big government spending is absolutely a waste of economic resources, and will make the situation worse. The REAL problem is that most americans don't have enough money saved to take care of themselves during hard times. Why might that be? The FED's influence has resulted in our entire economic structure discouraging saving. This is specifically a problem bitcoin tries to solve (by having a specific and tapering inflation curve that results in deflationary pressures).

rcMgD2BwE72F 6y ago
>That is in ADDITION to the taxes that will be levied. Or inflation will be used to reduce inequalities now that taxes have been made unacceptable by the rich (who wouldn't pay taxes). It's more a replacement than a sum. Elected officials don't have much of a a choice when the economy goes to trash and the poor becoming poorer to a point where violence becomes a good solution for the poor to have some control over the economy (who should serve society and not the other way around). > The REAL problem is that most americans don't have enough money saved to take care of themselves during hard times. Why might that be? Because they already went through economic crises than got them near bankruptcy?
- coryfklein 6y ago
  Inflation is a progressive tax, but in the opposite direction we normally expect. The wealthy hold a much smaller proportion of their wealth in cash than do the poor so inflation is, in fact, a way to extract more wealth from the poor. The rich tend hold their wealth in stock, land, and other assets. Most of which inflation is mostly neutral or beneficial to. The dollar value of TSLA goes up in response to general inflation, but the purchasing power generally remains the same.
  - kpommerenke 6y ago
    Wouldn't that make inflation a regressive tax?
    - coryfklein 6y ago
      Yes, that is correct. /facepalm/
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rcMgD2BwE72F 6y ago

>That is in ADDITION to the taxes that will be levied. Or inflation will be used to reduce inequalities now that taxes have been made unacceptable by the rich (who wouldn't pay taxes). It's more a replacement than a sum. Elected officials don't have much of a a choice when the economy goes to trash and the poor becoming poorer to a point where violence becomes a good solution for the poor to have some control over the economy (who should serve society and not the other way around). > The REAL problem is that most americans don't have enough money saved to take care of themselves during hard times. Why might that be? Because they already went through economic crises than got them near bankruptcy?

coryfklein 6y ago
Inflation is a progressive tax, but in the opposite direction we normally expect. The wealthy hold a much smaller proportion of their wealth in cash than do the poor so inflation is, in fact, a way to extract more wealth from the poor. The rich tend hold their wealth in stock, land, and other assets. Most of which inflation is mostly neutral or beneficial to. The dollar value of TSLA goes up in response to general inflation, but the purchasing power generally remains the same.
- kpommerenke 6y ago
  Wouldn't that make inflation a regressive tax?
  - coryfklein 6y ago
    Yes, that is correct. /facepalm/

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