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To: PGR88

Is it just a coincidence that each of your examples of “inflated prices” refers to a market which suffers “massive” government meddling?

I doubt it...

If you believe that higher prices for America’s goods and services are PRIMARILY the result of America’s “massive debt”, then can you explain how INCREASING the price (i.e.: the interest rate) of that “massive debt” will NOT increase inflation?

In modern America, debt (private and public) is a “massive” factor in production.

Therefore, increasing interest rates must increase inflation.


35 posted on 07/25/2018 11:27:07 AM PDT by pfony1
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To: pfony1
then can you explain how INCREASING the price (i.e.: the interest rate) of that “massive debt” will NOT increase inflation?

Always and everywhere, the popping of a debt bubble will result in deflation. You are swimming upstream against a massive current of real-world experience.

36 posted on 07/25/2018 11:50:13 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: pfony1

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Not a popular idea, but you are correct, as far as bank accounts go.


48 posted on 07/25/2018 4:57:59 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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