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Re:Low interest rates in advanced countries have pushed mone... by joe_the_user on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @09:19PM (#29337590)
Bob bought a house this year. He paid $500,000 even though it should've been $200,000. He's paid $100,000 and still owes $400,000. If you cause his house to be worth $200,000, as it ought to be, regardless of the method, he's going to default on the loan and you'll have screwed him out of $100,000 and (at scale) bankrupted all the banks.

-- The gp actually make this clear and is grasping for alternatives to this scenario rather than advocating. So you reply is either ignorant or disingenuous.

Edit: Gp's quote before your quote - "If you start raising rates, and stopping QE, you're not actually getting the money back from the people you gave it to, you'll just get a lot of businesses to close." The same clearly goes for individuals.

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