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0 pointsNovemberWhiskey3y ago0 comments

>reduced income inequality. Which is what we want.

Reducing the PPP of rich people while only maintaining that of poorer people seems like a dubious policy outcome, at least in economic terms.

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That's not how it works. The increase in income in the lower quintile outpaces inflation.

Well, it wouldn't outpace inflation right now, shit is crazy. But usually, yes.

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That's not how it works. The increase in income in the lower quintile outpaces inflation.

Well, it wouldn't outpace inflation right now, shit is crazy. But usually, yes.

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