(Again) allow inflation to debauch fiat currencies? Inflation, 'bracket creep', etc, work to erode the real value of nominal net incomes and debt stock principal (public and private). This hits lower/middle income groups and those on fixed incomes most and encourages commodity price speculation.
If choosing the inflation policy 'solution', don't call it a policy solution. Governments won't.
Instead, they'll claim fiscal 'automatic stabilisers', such as inflation fattening budget surpluses, as their 'good economic management'.
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They want it both ways.
They'll also shed crocodile tears about 'cost of living crises', and open their cookie jars a bit.
As now.
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