Re:Inflation rises to 6.8% year over year
by seoaeu on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:20PM
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"Welfare spending doesn't help poor people due to inflation" sounds pretty dubious to me...
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Re:Inflation rises to 6.8% year over year
by gofigure on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:52PM
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it does, but you also have to tax some people so that they spend less.
Recent narratives is that you can do welfare for 'free', either by printing money and not worry about inflation or default, or by taxing 'billionaires' so nobody feels it except 100 people.