If a landlord poured your pint 80 percent beer and topped it up with water, there would be uproar. Trading Standards. Headlines. Outrage. The government dilutes your money every year. Same outcome. Same dilution. One happens at the bar. The other happens in your bank account. Your wages rise. What they buy falls. You work longer for less. They call the beer a scandal. They call the money normal. You work. They take. The pint would never be allowed. The money is.