[samarama]

No, if that wasn’t an option, then the root causes such as wasteful spending, not holding politicians accountable, student loan crisis wouldn’t even happen in the first place, because those that are committing those misdeeds currently are the same that are printing the money.

[ben_w]

None of those are root causes of inflation in most nations. Hyperinflation perhaps (but even then a collapse in economic output with fixed money supply can mess you up), but normal inflation is put into a deliberate low-but-not-zero level to encourage spending over saving.