Inflation

>Inflation is healthy because it encourages people to use their money instead of leaving it in a vault.
Wouldn't it merely force you to throw a few more % into the vault to achieve the same result?

>Stop thinking about wealth as numbers on a page.
Literally the opposite of everything I've said.

>All wealth is relative.
Exactly.

>Inflation isn't a "tax" because it affects everyone in the relevant economy equally.
So if they instituted a tax that levied 3.2% of everyone's income, it would somehow magically not be a tax because it "affects everyone equally"? Might want to tell the government about that, I'm sure they'd love to know.

>If prices rise 2%, they rise 2% for everyone
If prices rise 2%, then everyone's purchasing power decreases by 2%. Value exists independent from money, currency is simply used to represent that value in a manner that facilitates trade.

>Consequently, compared to my neighbor, I'm no worse off at the end of the year than him.
And if both of your houses caught on fire, you would also be no worse off than him.

>Value exists independent from money
Not in any modern economy. Enjoy your barter society, kid.

>So if they instituted a tax
If the government instituted a tax, then of course it would be a tax. Are you retarded?

You're the one who called inflation a tax. Is this some kind of reverse trolling?

>And if both of your houses caught on fire, you would also be no worse off than him.
Again with the kiddy logic. Stop thinking about tangible items (houses, bank balances). Wealth is relative. You say you agree, but you clearly don't understand what it actually means.

Good lord I hope you're trolling. Otherwise, I hope you're never charged with managing anyone's money, ideally not even your own.

Something that isn't done in FIAT monetary system?

>Devaluing money over time encourages spending
Is this a troll thread?
Inflation is just a symptom of how much the usury is being subsidized since money needs to be created to account for the interest, if not the interest consumes the principle. This is where inflation comes from.

>They should be rewarded
Its a shame that market capitalism functions on economic rationality, not moral obligations, then.

So that's what you've got left: meme photos and insults?

Too bad, I had the sense that you'd try to argue for a while, providing some welcome comic relief. Instead you tuck tail and run. Sad.

Money does not represent existung wealth, but the ability of states to generate wealth.

Money and wealth are not the same thing.