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ProfessorGAC

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6. While You're Absolutely Coreect...

Reply to Walleye (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 24, 2025, 12:52 PM

Nov 24

...in this case the revenue doesn't come from where he claims, so the government isn't making any money other than by pulling it from other segments of the economy.
I agree "making money" is not the function of government, but no money is actually being made.
Also, he claims "hundreds of billions". His own Treasury department is predicting $192 billion (no, I don't trust that number), so "hundreds" is under TWO hundred.

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