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When the federal government spends it is creating money with the press of a keystroke. It is essentially putting money into circulation. And that money is going to American business that make weapons and technology which is then sent to Ukraine. Those American businesses employ American workers.

Government spending creates money, it doesn’t create debt. Too much government spending could create inflation though.

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Rockyrikoko@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Any amount of money printing in this context adds to inflation. Every dollar printed devalues the rest

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- greenmarty@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Though AFAIK controlled inflation is healthy for economy. At least in comparison to deflation.
  
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Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Which is why the cost of living has increased massivelly in the US all the while that very same FED that’s creating new money by the truckload keeps pushing out Official Inflation figures that are way off from the observed reality of cost of living increases.

“Printing” money (it’s not really printed nowadays, but let’s go with calling it “printing”) decreases the value of the money already in exitence (it increases the count of units of claim to the underlying value whilst not at all increasing the underlying value) hence more money units are needed to get the same things - a.k.a. Inflation - but since there very same people who print the money are the ones telling the rest officially how much Inflation is, they can easilly print money whilst they deceive the public about the negative side effects of it.

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dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My man, money is debt.

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