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bad_haircut72today at 1:38 PM1 replyview on HN

No because assets hold their worth. Poor people have no assets


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mothballedtoday at 1:43 PM

Poor people are hit a lot harder, but rich still have to pay capital gains on inflation even despite having no real change in value. So the rich pay inflation at the rate * 0.2. Poor pay it at the rate * 1.0 (5x the rate of the rich).

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