I wasn't talking economic theory, I was talking about how U.S. dollars are created. A lot of people have the mistaken notion they're printed into existence beca

I wasn't talking economic theory, I was talking about how U.S. dollars are created. A lot of people have the mistaken notion they're printed into existence because, well, some countries have handled their money that way. U.S. money is debted into existence. The Fed can't carry that debt on their balance sheet so they have to be able to sell it off. You can continue creating money this way without too much fear of inflation so long as you can find a buyer for the debt. That will be the case so long as people have faith in the credit of the U.S. - something which Republicans have repeatedly tried to destroy (even though it's unconstitutional to do so, but that's another matter). The simple answer is you can't crank up the printing press and print money. That's not how it works.