"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation"
- Vladimir Lenin
About this Quote
This quote by Vladimir Lenin is a call to action for the working class to take control of their own destiny. He is promoting for using tax and inflation to compromise the bourgeoisie, or the rich upper class. By taxing the rich and increasing the expense of goods and services, the working class can gain more financial power and minimize the power of the bourgeoisie. This quote is a tip that the working class has the power to take control of their own lives and produce a more equitable society. Lenin is motivating the working class to use tax and inflation to their benefit and to take control of their own fate. He is promoting for the working class to utilize their financial power to weaken the power of the bourgeoisie and produce a more fair society.
This quote is written / told by Vladimir Lenin between April 22, 1870 and January 21, 1924. He was a famous Leader from Russia.
The author also have 36 other quotes.
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"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens"
"Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation"
"And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it"
