The money supply has to grow with the growth of the economy and population, and it's better to have excesses than shortages. Or should we infinitely divide a single dollar for everyone to use?
The way I think of it is this: The fruits of techonological innovation are supposed to be the rising tide that lifts all boats; the mechanism by which it does this is by lowering prices. When you have systematic inflation, you are robbing the poor of their opportunity to get ahead and giving it to those who have first access to cheap money (wall street, political cronies, i.e. big contractor)
Collective choice, not government mandate as the person to whom I replied suggested.