>> Congress can print money at will. No Congress can not, the Federal Reserve can, which is not under the authority of congress at all really. Congress can s

>> Congress can print money at will. No Congress can not, the Federal Reserve can, which is not under the authority of congress at all really. Congress can spend money, and Congress can Mint Coins (i.e this story) but it can not create federal reserve notes If it spends more money than it take in from taxes it must issue Treasury bills that is has to sell to someone, Today almost no one wants to buy US Debt because congress is irresponsible like a child with a AMEX Black card. So the only entity willing to buy US debt is the Federal Reserve who does so by money printing aka inflation of US Currency aka a tax on responsible people in society