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Almost everyone is getting pay-cuts then. Inflation with money printing is a round about way of raising taxes it seems.

• gottorf 3y ago
  > Inflation with money printing is a round about way of raising taxes it seems. This happens all the time, and it's called debt monetization, when the Fed buys Treasury debt instruments.
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• olliej 3y ago
  > Almost everyone is getting pay-cuts then. ...yes? > Inflation with money printing is a round about way of raising taxes it seems. Inflation in principle has "value" to the economy as it ostensibly reduces the cost of debt over time. Of course it's kind of moot if the inflation is primarily a product of profiteering and price gouging - haven't multiple studies in multiple countries now shown that 50+% of the current "high inflation" is the result unwarranted price increases in monopoly and semi-monopoly industries? This is ignoring things like published inflation rates not including inflation of the single large expense for 99% of the populace. The idea that inflation only just hit 8%, when year to year rent increases for the same property were routinely in excess of 10% for a decade is absurd. As is the value of a property (for the purpose of property taxes/council rates) not increasing at the same rate - which means offloading costs onto tax payer vs property owners, Yay!
• Dig1t 3y ago
  Exactly. It's actually a pretty smart move by the feds. New/increased taxes are extremely unpopular. This way they get all the benefits of shiny new social programs spending without getting the bad press of higher taxes.
• nly 3y ago
  Friedman literally described Inflation as a government imposed stealth tax.