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To: FJB who wrote (295335)3/6/2009 5:21:11 PM
From: Geoff Altman  Respond to of 793938
 
24% answered "the government has its own money"

In a sense they might have a point. After all the gov't prints as much as they want.... Of course, in the end we're paying for that too via weakening of the dollar.... However, I doubt if the people responding put that much thought into their response. They probably see the gov't as some kind of sugar daddy by now......



To: FJB who wrote (295335)3/6/2009 5:30:28 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793938
 
24% answered "the government has its own money"

Ha! True enough if you consider the printing press.

More "government as magic box" beliefs, unfortunately.



To: FJB who wrote (295335)3/6/2009 8:24:37 PM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 793938
 
Unfortunately, the federal government allowed the same people that believe that way to kill the few non-tax sources of income that it did have. The agency I worked for was profitable until about 25 years ago. Now it's a social agency like all the rest.

Which is to say, a money hole.


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