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kev009today at 2:11 AM2 repliesview on HN

Who would have guessed printing a bunch of money would be a working class tax


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erutoday at 3:30 AM

The working class doesn't hold that much in cash, do they? Competition in the labour market means nominal wages go up when inflation goes up. Many working class people have mortgages (though I'm not sure whether they have fixed rate mortgages?)