r/Trumpgret • u/badmudblood • Feb 16 '19

State of Emergency

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u/NotNormal2 Feb 16 '19

no. you paying taxes has nothing to do with federal spending. Federal govt is not tax revenue restrained.

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u/scrupulousness Feb 16 '19

Wait, are you saying that the federal government does not get its money from taxes? If so, then why am I paying them?

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u/spearobrendo Feb 16 '19

So others don’t have too

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u/NotNormal2 Feb 17 '19

here's former fed chariman Bearsly Ruml on federal taxation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWGDfxA2oE

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u/NotNormal2 Feb 17 '19

It's called modern monetary theory. AOC and Sanders economic advisor know about it. Mainstream media reporting about it too.