Hazey on Nostr: In a sufficiently late-stage money printing regime that the US finds itself in, taxes ...
In a sufficiently late-stage money printing regime that the US finds itself in, taxes levied are increasingly irrelevant. Right now, 76% of all income tax goes to pay the *interest* on the government's debt. So Bukele is not wrong that the US runs on printed money, and not taxes.
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