Game Time

Unfortunately this game isn't fun but is necessary'

Let’s play a game.  I suggest this as an exercise to show you how the government is stealing from you by debasing the currency to support its debt.  Go to the official inflation calculator (here).  Sadly this is the official government number so we know it is under reporting the real inflation and the amount of income loss is 30-60% higher than shown (here).  Then if you know how much you were making per year in the early 2000s enter it in the top bar.  If you are not making the calculated figure deduct your current income from it and that is how much the government has stolen from you by way of inflation because of their endless debt and dollar creation.  It is insidious and occurs even when inflation isn’t “bad” or the inflation numbers are “good” (there is no such thing as a good inflation number they actually harm the average person.  Deflation is good for people and business at least in a proper free market economy.

Show this to people have them try it out.  Pick any time they can remember what they were making 10 years ago, 5 years ago or whatever.  It is especially impactful to realize on paper you are making 38K more than you did in 2001 and 8K more than you did in 2015 only to realize that if you adjust for inflation you are making 23K and 15K less respectively than you were in 2001 or 2015.  It helps one see why things are so much harder when you should be doing better, and it makes you angry.  We need angry people because Corporate greed isn’t making life harder it is 100% government central management of the fiat economy.  People need to get angry enough that they have no choice but to stop or face the consequences.  People need to see and know how much ground they are losing because the government can’t balance a budget using fake money so they sap the wellbeing of the people like a giant financial tick.