From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.politics,can.politics
Subject: Re: LOL... Moron Thinks This Is Inflation
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:24:09 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:19:59 -0800, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-11-11 18:09, Anonymous wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-11-11 14:38, Anonymous wrote:
>>>> Alan wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-11-10 22:10, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:45:31 -0800, Derek Nash says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tariffs absolutely raise prices to consumers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not "inflation", moron.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Manufacturers/producers can raise prices on their product ANY time
>>>>>> they want AND in a steady low-to-no inflationary economy.
>>>>> Except that when manufacturers/producers raise their prices, then
>>>>> people start asking for salary increases and round and round it goes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of COURSE tariffs will contribute to that spiral.
>>>>
>>>> Tariffs don't contribute to inflation. There is exact balance of
>>>> inflationary
>>>> and deflationary forces.
>>>
>>> What is/are the deflationary force/s?
>>
>> Every penny the government takes in with tariffs is a penny the government
>> doesn't have to spend in deficit.
>
> Now prove that running deficits is inflationary...
Now prove that two and three make five or six, variously.
Or just show me a proof of anything you understand.
Dhu
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