US Politics on Sidechat | If we just stopped paying our taxes for like a month, the government would suddenly find tons of money to provide for the people instead of the billionaires. I know because that's exactly what happened during the pandemic.

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If we just stopped paying our taxes for like a month, the government would suddenly find tons of money to provide for the people instead of the billionaires. I know because that's exactly what happened during the pandemic.

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Anonymous 1w

It doesn’t “find” the money, the treasury has to issue bonds and people buy them. The government basically takes out a loan. The Fed bought most of the bonds during the pandemic though, so that’s a bit like printing money 😅

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