The people who think we should manipulate the money to "incentivize consumption" have such a bonkers and contradictory duality of ideas as to how people behave that I can't wrap my head around it.

News Flash! You will NEVER need to encourage people to consume stuff, this is the whole purpose of everything and a fundamental axiom of being alive. Nobody wants to live like a pauper for no reason.

The ONLY thing you incentivize by doing this, is WASTE