People Are Stupid
So far we spent $4.6Ton coronvirus stimulus.. which didn't even all go to individuals.. but is obviously a major contributor to current inflation.. the inflation is artificially magnified by the cost of gas.. the cost of gas makes it seem like your dollars have less purchasing power, but really, you're just paying for gas.. not just at the gas pump, but in everything else.. you pay more in gas for your bananas, for example..
But at the same time, the $4.5T on top of our usual retarded budgeting & some other recent add'l expenditures also weakened the dollar, which simultaneously creates an artificial increase in the cost of gas.. ie gas isn't actually $2 (2017) more.. without the simultaneous inflation we're experiencing it might be $1.50 more..
It's a great time for any doubters to realize that universal basic income, which seems to land close to an average of $3.9T every year in every way its been carved up and presented, would be just an absurd and ridiculous thing to do and the point of no return for the $.