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[–] 0ndead 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or better yet, JP Morgan can pay it

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How about the people that got us into this debt and have profited from it pay it?

[–] 0ndead 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, I don't disagree with you at all. But the other banks and financial firms, the politicians, the "defense" industry, etc. should also be on the hook.

[–] 0ndead 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah I can think of a president and a bunch of stupid rich capitalists that should be pitching in.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Or we could just tax the rich, and cut a bit off the military budget.

[–] karashta@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Or they could just stop lying about what the national debt is.

https://mmt101.substack.com/p/mmt-basics-national-debt-defined

[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Still hilarious, there’s nothing federal about the Fed.