On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't

Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by xxpor on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:04PM (#26306732)

> Just that it is a fallacy to think the government simply has infinite money to spend.

They create the money so they literally do. Doesn't mean it shouldn't be deployed wisely of course.

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by dahfizz on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:10PM (#26306826)

If you want to be pedantic, they have the ability to create infinite nominal dollars. They cannot create infinite wealth.

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by criticaljudge on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:41PM (#26307314)

If they print money, they devalue the money people already have, so in the end again it is the people, not "government", who pay.

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by EvilEy3 on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:38PM (#26307272)

They "create" money out of your pocket.

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