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loeg on Jan 2, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Not Mars

Government spending dollars are zero sum, actually.

ClumsyPilot on Jan 2, 2023 [–]

Thats not true according to modern monetary theory.

Taxes are actually superflous. You only limits on spending are industrial capacity and inflation

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