I think we are on different wave lengths.
Who said anything about halting the inflation? That is not the idea of burning STEEM. It is to reduce the total outstanding. Without inflation, you basically have a halted system where rewards are not issued but based upon existing holders sending it to newer people.
Nowhere did I say that the idea was to halt inflation.
you are right. You never mentioned halting inflation. That was a mistake on my part. I was just trying to put into perspective the other inflationary mechanisms that overwhelm the burn effort.