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Re:What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks? by KptMarchewa on Friday October 29, 2021 @07:31AM (#29037307)
>something the government would find difficult to do in the case of a systemic economic downturn a-la 2008

Not really. They'd just print more money.

Re:What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks? by m0zg on Friday October 29, 2021 @07:58PM (#29044821)
Ah but see, they'd already be printing trillions. This could get them into tens of trillions which would exacerbate the issue. This is sort of like the problem the guy alludes to: this would remove what few shock absorbers this system has.