Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnaught View Post
These calculations attempt to be as technocratic as possible, but that becomes harder and harder as the stakes go up. Also, not sure why you're assuming that the benefits inflator would be the same as the tax index inflator. These would likely be separate bureaucracies pursuing their own separate interests.
You're not demonstrating that the stakes are going up rather than down when they cancel each other out. There's a reason that the government is discussing Chained CPI and that is because of how high the stakes are now. Cancelling the incentive will reduce the stakes.