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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Jazz
No, inflation is not the same as sales tax increasing. Inflation may or may not be government created, and it doesn't affect spenders in the same way.
By your logic, a shortage of goods because of a production slowdown is a tax because it ultimately affects citizens. The price went up, didn't it?
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This is why I find it problematic. People see the negative effects and call it a tax, but when it's postive? It becomes then something like "good for me" or "the corporation has been raping us with the higher prices."
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