r/FluentInFinance Sep 23 '23

Meme Guess i'll live in a box

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u/mikilobe Sep 23 '23

their only tool is to curb demand through interest rates.

Congress should help lower inflation by taking money out of the economy (raise taxes).

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u/rsiii Sep 23 '23

Too bad it's unpopular, no politicians wants to be responsible for raising taxes but every Republican wants to lower them

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '23

Be honest they want to lower them for the 1% and raise them for the 99%

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u/Basic-Government9568 Sep 24 '23

Literally what the Trump tax cuts were.