lego_office_worker

lego_office_worker t1_iyeh7ri wrote

well duh, when the purchasing power of money falls, you have to pay more nominal dollars for the same goods.

thats why inflation is a problem. sure the corporations are making more nominal dollars, but they arent worth as much.

if you have an economy with $100 dollars in it, and then you print another $100, no one in your economy is "twice as rich"

they just have 2x the dollars which now have 0.5x the purchasing power. whats 2 * 0.5?

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lego_office_worker t1_iye71me wrote

meteorites are a windfall, id love to find one. but preferably not through the roof of my house

>The meteorite was confiscated by the Sylacauga police chief, who then turned it over to the United States Air Force.[11] Both the Hodgeses and their landlord, Bertie Guy, claimed ownership of the rock, Guy's claim being that it had fallen on her property.[11] The Hodgeses and Guy settled, with the Hodgeses paying $500 for the rock.[11] However, by the time it was returned to the Hodgeses, over a year later, public attention had diminished, and they were unable to then find a buyer.[11][12]

>Ann Hodges was uncomfortable with the public attention and the stress of the dispute over ownership of the meteorite.[13] The Hodgeses donated it to the Alabama Museum of Natural History in 1956.[11]

>The day after the fall, local farmer Julius McKinney came upon the second-largest fragment from the same meteorite.[14] An Indianapolis-based lawyer bought it for the Smithsonian Institution.[14] The McKinney family was able to use the money to buy a car and a house.[14]

to clarify OPs confusing title

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