The 401Kids Savings Act would create savings accounts for newborns. While state child savings accounts have shown promise, inflation and taxes prompt concerns.
  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    “In this case, checks from the government fueled more inflation than they did wealth building,” he said.

    Fuck off. I hate these people, all of them should be thrown into a woodchipper. Monetarist nonsense.

    What an annoying fucking article. Really shows the bourgeois disdain for the poor, that even the thought of a tiny crumb of basic income is shut down with the excuse of “inflation”.

  • makeasnek@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    You can’t save if your currency is constantly losing value. Putting money in a savings account is just slowly moving value from you to whoever controls the money printer and expands the supply.

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    My parents lost all their savings due to hyperinflation. I can’t imagine how crushing this could be to a parent. All your life you have saved some money, putting them every month to a savings account in a bank, just to wake up one day and realise that they have disappeared.

    Back then I didn’t realise how bad it is, but now as an adult, I can only imagine how they felt back then. Life sucks and fucks you up a lot.