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Remember, most of MMT is a language game.
The point is to be deliberately inscrutable, so you can send out the messages "you can have whatever you want" and "I never said you could have whatever you want" simultaneously.
"If inflation gets too high, you can raise taxes," "We never said use tax policy to control inflation," "We take inflation into account before spending decisions" etc etc etc rinse and repeat
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