This strikes me (a total ignoramus) as the generally balanced and correct take. One question I have is, how much of that inflationary period has been due to su

This strikes me (a total ignoramus) as the generally balanced and correct take. One question I have is, how much of that inflationary period has been due to supply issues that would have occurred regardless of stimulus checks? I share your skepticism about the "lol just tax the rich" approach. I'm not sure how true it is that taxes "hobble our most productive citizens" (what are you alluding to about china?), I generally just think rich people inevitably outmaneuver the government trying to tax them, and that rich people really shouldn't be "earning" that much to begin with (because I think their earnings in most cases has fuck-all to do with their actual "productivity"). I imagine there are plenty of smart people who have thought up other ways of socializing the fruits of economic growth in, idk, better ways.