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Pat Ryan: Inflation transfers wealth from the people to the government, and, frankly, there is no better definition of a tax than…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
Inflation transfers wealth from the people to the government, and, frankly, there is no better definition of a tax than that.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan defines inflation as a transfer of wealth from citizens to the government.

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