Have you noticed the massive growth in government? You're paying for it, one way or another.
Inflation is caused by the government via deficit spending. It's another tax on you.
Have you noticed the massive growth in government? You're paying for it, one way or another.
Inflation is caused by the government via deficit spending. It's another tax on you.
Inflation isn't the problem. Corporate consolidation, collusion, price fixing, and market capture are the problems.
In nearly every field where there used to be 10-20 competitors there are 2-4 and they're not doing much "competing" any more. They're using consultants and third parties to share data and fix prices, they're buying up the entire supply and dividing areas so they have monopolies.
Note how during the COVID "inflation" corporate profits soared faster than inflation.
> In nearly every field where there used to be 10-20 competitors there are 2-4 and they're not doing much "competing" any more.
I'm old, and I've heard that my entire life. Something's wrong with your assessment.