• Garibaldee@lemm.eeOP
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    4 days ago

    Why don’t you explain why you think this so if someone read this they would understand what you are even saying, instead of linking to a graph and a post about Milei with no explanations, I’m not reading that and I guarentee other people aren’t either.

    And if this an MMT thing, I flatly disagree with MMT, so agree to disagree I guess.

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      1. Everyone in the US is affected, regardless of whether they pay federal taxes, or how much. Not only “taxpayers” are affected.
      2. US federal taxes pay for literally nothing. Not figuratively: literally.

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      I’m not reading that and I guarentee other people aren’t either.

      I can’t make you read, but don’t speak for other people.

      I flatly disagree with MMT

      Maybe if you read the articles & watched the videos, you’d understand what MMT actually says, instead of what its detractors say it says using straw man arguments. The bourgeoisie have a vested interest in you not understanding it, and they have think tanks working to make sure you don’t understand it.

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        Everyone in the US is affected, regardless of whether they pay federal taxes, or how much. Not only “taxpayers” are affected. US federal taxes pay for literally nothing. Not figuratively: literally.

        Regardless of whether I agree with MMT this is a much more useful thing to do vs linking two posts with no explanation

        And fyi I have engaged with MMT enough to know I disagree with it, I have read Michael Hudson and engaged with podcasts with people who subscribe to it.

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          4 days ago

          Okay. If MMT is wrong about how fiat money works, then how does it work?

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            4 days ago

            I have better things to do with my time, then debate MMT on lemmy, or debate on lemmy in general.