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Re:Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decl... by nozzlegear on Thursday January 02, 2025 @07:13PM (#42580558)
I don't claim to be an economist, but direct stimulus payments to Americans totaled about $2100 on average. The US economy is worth trillions annually. I'm sure the stimulus checks made a small bump on inflation in the short term, but they couldn't possibly drive sustained, systemic inflation. Unless you're talking about the broader fiscal packages for supporting businesses/unemployment benefits during COVID when you say "printing new money?"
Re:Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decl... by parineum on Sunday January 05, 2025 @11:56PM (#42607809)
Printing new money means spending money that doesn't (yet) exist.

If there is 1 trillion dollars in the possession of all humans and the government buyys a trillion dollars worth of good with new money, all previous money os jow worth half it's previous value.