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Re:Hazard pay in focus as essential workers earn less than t... by PragmaticPulp on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:14AM (#23713302)
> Uncle Sam has long since stopped paying for things with tax money.

That’s very disingenuous. Obviously we all know that spending is financed by debt.

But where do you think we get the money to service that debt? We can’t borrow infinitely.

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Re:Hazard pay in focus as essential workers earn less than t... by jessaustin on Thursday July 02, 2020 @06:48PM (#23718998)
Where do you think money originates? Before dollars are paid to the government in the form of taxes, they are printed by the government.
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