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Comment by merloen

> Every single holder of USD lost around 1-2% a year to inflation, which is essentially a backdoor tax.

That's only true of cash, and money in checkings accounts. Money deposited in savings accounts yields interest, which (on average) more than compensates for inflation.

parent merloen 12 years ago

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