Not always. My grandparents were poor, but lived within their small means. I remember them telling me how horrible it was to live through the 1970s inflation th

Not always. My grandparents were poor, but lived within their small means. I remember them telling me how horrible it was to live through the 1970s inflation that decimated the small amount of savings that they had. But like I said about the no universally good or bad, inflation is good for effectively reducing debt.