Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
It's a tough call, either people spend more because of inflation, or more because of interest rates. But I think they have to do it.
|
The government could have increased taxation broadly as a means to fight inflation and then the measures could have been targeted more and rather than banks and bond holders getting the money the government would to pay down debt. That is the way MMT is supposed to work.
Whether that’s better or worse for the average person and whether it works is up in the air but they did have another choice.