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Re:The Fed plans to sharply boost unemployment by mjhay on Sunday September 25, 2022 @11:01AM (#32971980)
replying to californical:

"Sufficient" is the operative word here. There's a tremendous amount of non-productive rent-seeking, such as literal rents. These are a massive drag on our economy, because they shift investments towards non-productive use. More targeted tax increases to discourage the worst rent-seeking would help a lot, in addition to generating revenue and easing price pressures.

Re:The Fed plans to sharply boost unemployment by kodah on Sunday September 25, 2022 @11:19AM (#32972165)
imo, this is actually a fairly salient point. Wealthy people do put most of their cash in investments but not all investments are equal to the health of the economy or as detrimental if toyed with.