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How is that a distinction at all? What would it mean for the government, but not the taxpayers, to pay?

• r00fus 4y ago
  Government can force others to pay like corporations or other countries (by threats).
• pfortuny 4y ago
  I am just clarifying that the government does not own money. It just manages it. There was a famous intervention by the previous speaker of the house (Pelosi) saying “we are giving them our money”… That is why I started by saying “nitpicking” but in the end, it is the State’s money (or the taxpayers’, which is equivalent), not the Government. The government has no momey, it cannot pay anyone (in a Republic, mind you).
  • dermesser 4y ago
    This is backwards. The government created the money, it is us who need it (to pay taxes). The government doesn't need taxes, as it is the origin of the money.
    • pfortuny 4y ago
      Ouch, money existed long before the concepf of government did, really.