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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by kazagistar on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:25AM (#22383749)
Tax rates dont pay for services, they pay for preventing inflation. The government printing money pays for services.
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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by mech1234 on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:40PM (#22385551)
You are being needlessly contrarian.

Fiscal policy comprises both borrowing and taxing; the two are fungible as far as spending is concerned.

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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by aidenn0 on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:36PM (#22387657)
The government can only effectively print money to the extent that they can convince bond purchasers that taxes will be collected in the future.
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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by iainmerrick on Friday February 21, 2020 @12:07PM (#22384688)
Tax rates dont pay for services

What are you replying to?

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