▲ 647 ▼ Trickle down MAGA economy (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Verdorrterpunkt@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) I can see that, my point being that the 2 percent target is merely fighting symptoms and imo doing more harm than good. And still, price discovery happens without a 2 percent target aswell. My issue is, it's been decades and society in general just accepts this kinds of economic policy. This is ridiculous, and i am attacking that. BTW, i am not trying to pick a fight, i am just frustrated permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skibidi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago The target is arbitrary, just the larger the steady inflation is the faster the reorganization occurs. There are other possible systems - we built all of this and can decide to do something else entirely at any point... as long as the harvest is collected, the power plants are serviced, the pharmaceuticals are produced, etc. This is just what we've landed on the compromise where the masses don't revolt, the elites don't (completely) dominate, and all the necessary work still gets done. I don't know if non-inflationary policy would be better or worse - it would certainly be strange to expect negative raises each year - but it perhaps would be more honest. I fully share your frustration, and thank you for the discussion! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] skibidi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago The target is arbitrary, just the larger the steady inflation is the faster the reorganization occurs. There are other possible systems - we built all of this and can decide to do something else entirely at any point... as long as the harvest is collected, the power plants are serviced, the pharmaceuticals are produced, etc. This is just what we've landed on the compromise where the masses don't revolt, the elites don't (completely) dominate, and all the necessary work still gets done. I don't know if non-inflationary policy would be better or worse - it would certainly be strange to expect negative raises each year - but it perhaps would be more honest. I fully share your frustration, and thank you for the discussion! permalink fedilink source parent
