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How inflation quietly shrinks your debt

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While savers violently weep as their purchasing power evaporates, heavily indebted individuals quietly cheer from the sidelines. Inflation allows you to borrow highly valuable dollars today and eventually pay them back with functionally worthless paper years later. It is the only socially acceptable way to legally default on a massive obligation without ever missing a scheduled payment.

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