What is occurring here is not inflation. We are told that inflation occurs when there is is an excess in the money supply and money circulation.
But how could this be when most people are struggling and not getting pay raises to match the rate of price increases? If there is too much money in circulation then it suggests that average people have a big wallet and are willing to pay above the normal rate for a good or service.
There may be more money in the hands of the rich, but if it's not in the hands of the people then its not "in circulation". According to what we are told about inflation the prices are rising higher and tuned towards what consumers are willing to pay with the increase of circulated money supply. If it is not with those consumers then we can't say that there is more money in circulation that is causing the price increases.
Just think about it. The narrative that there is too much money in circulation is nonsense.
What is actually occurring is artificial scarcity of energy, causing all prices to go up in all sectors. Electricity, gasoline, and other fuels have all seen sky high prices largely due to purposeful government regulation. The government is causing the crisis and are lying to us that it is inflation.
The question is, who is doing it and why. Keeping with Q mythos, I find it likely that the White Hats are using this as part of the "We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light" plan.
Anyone with a grasp of economics would know that if prices went up 30% over the past three years, inflation theory would say that we as a group are earning 30% more in our work and have more money floating around to drive the costs, which is false.
You probably also belief the narrative that housing costs are related to inflation, despite that wages aren't rising as fast as the costs of housing. It is also false that housing costs are related to inflation.
You are correct. Way to pay attention in Econ 101. Clearly many didn’t. Or never even took the course.
We have actually printed, since right before Covid until around 2023, 5x the amount of money that had ever existed prior to that moment. Had that been released into circulation we would all have thought it was the greatest thing ever for about three years, as all of our incomes would have increased by 4-5x…until the prices followed suit, and then to avoid deflation we would have needed to hyperinflate the currency into oblivion and start over.
But that didn’t happen, because, like you said, that money never made it into circulation. Plus, if it were really inflation, and not energy suppression, everything would have gone up in price, not just energy and food, which seems to be hit the hardest. I took my gf shopping the other day and was surprised to see that clothing prices right now are still pretty damn close to where they were when I was in high school 22 years ago. If inflation was happening, those prices would have risen right along with everything else, driven by higher incomes across the board, which, you astutely point out, is not the case.
It LOOKS a little like inflation, but it’s not. I’m very curious to know what happened to the 20 trillion dollars we printed during Covid and right after, because it sure as shit didn’t enter circulation, that’s for damn sure.
Income hasn't kept up with inflation since like the 80's so I don't know how that is supposed to be proof of anything.
It's proof that it's not inflation and that they are lying to you about the cause.