The government already intentionally understates inflation through changes to the CPI, this would just further incentivize them to understate it even further.
You’re right of course. I suppose in an idealistic world, elections would be publicly funded, with no methods of outside money to take influence over candidates and therefore policy. A utopian dream perhaps.
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The government already intentionally understates inflation through changes to the CPI, this would just further incentivize them to understate it even further.
You’re right of course. I suppose in an idealistic world, elections would be publicly funded, with no methods of outside money to take influence over candidates and therefore policy. A utopian dream perhaps.