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Is the solution to this inflation?
by jchanimal 5y ago
Is the solution to this inflation?
- Guest42 5y agoCan you elaborate the types and causes of inflation being mentioned?
- DavidButter 5y agoAsset inflation, I assume?
- HarryHirsch 5y agoInflation benefits people with debts. People with assets are quite untouched, you'd even think that real estate is viewed as a safe investment (the "concrete gold" meme). Better unemployment benefits would help, but under Delaware Biden they are a political impossibility.
- jolux 5y agoUnemployment benefits are currently the best they’ve ever been by a wide margin.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoThe word is "currently", isn't it? They'll be rolled back soon enough, same as in 2008, to get the plebs back to work.
- jolux 5y agoOne assumes, though it's expected the child tax credit will be introduced in a permanent bill eventually, so I think there's a chance we'll see a more permanent UI benefit too. At least I hope.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoPfft. Biden rolled back immigration restrictions in a period of record unemployment, and you expect improvement in unemployment benefits? Labour must be squeezed, and the child tax credit does that, too. Can't have a reduction in births, that would mean less workers fighting for a job twenty years down the line.
- aphextron 5y agoInflation is the result of rising wages. However, we're in a place now where wages haven't even matched inflation for decades. Suddenly things start catching up and everyone loses their mind, claiming it's the fault of unemployment insurance.