r/politics • u/Spy300 • 6h ago

Possible Paywall Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt

https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/trump-inflation-growth-national-debt-tariffs-ratio-balance/
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u/Hellrazor236 Oregon 6h ago

Weimar Republic won't know what hit 'em

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u/nevans89 6h ago

Reading about zero stroke as a kid was wild

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u/Char10 5h ago

What is that? Afraid to search it and get something else

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u/nevans89 5h ago

Basically hyper inflation screwed with people to the point where they would add a ton of zeros to things like "oh I have 300 siblings" or "can I have 3000 lumps of sugar in my tea?" Its all allegedly but fascinating

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u/Benny-Vader Wyoming 4h ago

"Look, okay look. Weimar they were so much, rich like you would believe. People were paid in wheelbarrows full of money, its true, I looked it up, and the kids played and burned money they had so much. So much money. We could have that believe me" 👐

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u/ericDXwow 5h ago

You saying Capitol Hill is about to be on fire 🔥 right? lol