[JumpCrisscross]

> cause of inflation is excess money created by the Fed (i.e. things like the $2 trillion "stimulus" package)

You’re mixing up fiscal and monetary policy. Congress and the Fed.

[anigbrowl]

...very much as usual. There's a lot of well-poisoning going on in this discussion, from multiple sources.

[WalterBright]

The Fed creates the money that Congress wants to spend.

[dragonwriter]

That's very much not how things work.