My favorite answer to “why ‘they’ didn’t just print more money until everyone had enough” is that after the USA left the gold standard in 1971, the US government really did just print more money.
Meanwhile, >50% of the federal budget goes to healthcare and pensions. In this way, the US government kind of is just printing money until everyone has enough. In this way, the US government is doing what voters demand.
My favorite answer to “why ‘they’ didn’t just print more money until everyone had enough” is that after the USA left the gold standard in 1971, the US government really did just print more money.
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Meanwhile, >50% of the federal budget goes to healthcare and pensions. In this way, the US government kind of is just printing money until everyone has enough. In this way, the US government is doing what voters demand.