Anytime the government spends money on anything it prints money to do so. This is how governments work. In the US when the government spends on things money it

Anytime the government spends money on anything it prints money to do so. This is how governments work. In the US when the government spends on things money it comes from taxes or is borrowed. The Treasury doesn't print money. Printing money is done by the Federal Reserve, but it is not done to finance general expenditures (bonds are different).