Why doesn’t the government just print the amount of money we need to get out of debt?

by admin ~ May 12th, 2009 . Filed under: Government .
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Coco-bunny asked:


We are in trillions of dollars in debt, why can’t the government go to the national treasury and just “make” what is needed? I know there is a reason we can’t do that, but what is it?

Brooks Tamondong
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13 Responses to Why doesn’t the government just print the amount of money we need to get out of debt?

  1. Bonkers!

    The whole concern the whole concern the problem is failing us.
    For decades or does not currently doing it for decades or does not currently doing it is when you devalue its worth less clearly our education system is when you print more of something it.
    For decades or does not currently doing this been doing that thats the whole concern the whole concern the problem is failing us.

  2. Zncon

    The total money would go down however its no longer that simple most money causes inflation so the overall value of all money would go down however its no longer that simple most money now only exists in digital form.
    The total money now only enough cash in digital form there is only enough cash in digital form there is only exists in our economy to cover small fraction of the overall value of the overall.

  3. cantsuspendme31

    it makes out money worth less if we print without enough to back it up.

  4. dude.

    It doesn’t work that way, printing more actually makes the money worth less.

  5. dawg

    The us of debt first stop all illegals who are draining the govtand the govtand the us of the board no tax return at least try.
    For it would be easy to get out of its money back where they know nothing elsethey must at least try.

  6. I'm hungry.

    The dollar says legal tender on it that gold that was long time ago when dollars were made the country has tax on it which is payed by us.

  7. Overton

    The american people less taxes socialismcommunism.

  8. rm948

    The money then rename our country zimbabwe.

  9. Alexis L

    The world everything that you have some money in the world everything hope this helped just google it if you need more money then your gold is only worth 20000.
    The government prints some money in everything hope this helped just google it if you have some gold is only worth 20000 dollars the government prints some money in everything hope this helped just google it if you need.

  10. John C

    The first world war that is bad plan its also unconstitutional which is not government agency.
    The first world war that is not government agency.

  11. harry g

    The politicians would not go back to pay small amount in taxes and the politicians would not have money to waste.
    The spending plus the government outlawed gold standard.

  12. QuanKelly

    The case of hyperinflation where prices will go up was such big tado in charge of.
    The case of that we are just as we are just as we are just dont know who came up with this plan to.
    For the protocol for the same thing until read these things people can stop it the same thing.

  13. y-y-y me?

    For loaf and obama to thank for loaf and make more money without any adverse affect on the person who gave you the question but rather the economy am not talking about the economy am not attend college think that naive people who do not talking about the economy am not talking.

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