Why do people hate inflation?

My simple understanding of inflation is that it is bad for people in cash and good for people in debt. So if most Americans are heavily in debt, including their home mortgage, why don’t Americans love inflation? I mentioned this on social media a bunch of years ago and was pilloried (but without any facts to the contrary). Noahpinion takes on the subject.

Why do people hate inflation?

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