Inflation: Government’s Secret Tax That Erodes Your Hard-Earned Cash

Preston Brashers: Inflation is a backdoor way for the government to tax people without them knowing they’re being taxed.

Brashers says inflation is the most dishonest form of taxation, and it has a long history.

The Roman Empire's currency debasement acted as an enormous stealth tax, and sadly, the resulting lack of reliable money destabilized the Roman economy.

Preston Brashers is a research fellow for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget. Original article link.