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by mcntsh 108 days ago
Wasn't this always the idea behind combating inflation? At the end of the day you need to make people poorer to make the dollar worth more...
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How rich or poor people are is only indirectly related to how many dollars are out there.
Trump hasn’t managed to adequately combat inflation though. Last I heard, it’s ticking up once more.