Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoJanet Yellen: America can certainly afford two wars, US Treasury secretary saysnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down15
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkJanet Yellen: America can certainly afford two wars, US Treasury secretary saysnews.sky.comCollision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareSwingingKoala@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·11 months agoEverybody knows this, the government can simply create as much new money as it wants to. The real question is, can the American people afford that?
minus-squareVenutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·11 months agoNo, we can’t afford shit right now. We went the government to help us out, not see how many fronts we can fuck around on.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoWe can afford just about all of it, but the ruling class will fight that tooth and nail, because it would strengthen our power as the working class and weaken theirs. Second Thought: Why The Government Has Infinite Money
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Why The Government Has Infinite Money Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-211 months ago“Aww, people want the government to help them out? Isn’t that cute. Now shut up and give me more money.” ~ The Pentagon
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·11 months agoIf only everyone knew this, but our government and think tanks and schools of economics and corporate media seem to work hard to keep it unknown.
Everybody knows this, the government can simply create as much new money as it wants to. The real question is, can the American people afford that?
No, we can’t afford shit right now. We went the government to help us out, not see how many fronts we can fuck around on.
We can afford just about all of it, but the ruling class will fight that tooth and nail, because it would strengthen our power as the working class and weaken theirs. Second Thought: Why The Government Has Infinite Money
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Why The Government Has Infinite Money
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
“Aww, people want the government to help them out? Isn’t that cute. Now shut up and give me more money.”
~ The Pentagon
If only everyone knew this, but our government and think tanks and schools of economics and corporate media seem to work hard to keep it unknown.