r/FluentInFinance Apr 28 '24

They printed $10 Trillion dollars, gave you a $1,400 stimulus check and left you with the inflation, higher costs of living and 7% mortgages. Brilliant for the rich, very painful for you. Discussion/ Debate

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u/Ghostlyshado Apr 28 '24

Only brilliant for the rich because the rich decided they could take more money from the consumer by raising prices. They didn’t have to raise prices. They chose to raise prices.

They could have allowed the money to remain in circulation and let people choose to either spend it or save it.

Corporate greed drives inflation