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(SCENE-Man is pushing his Lamborghini down an open highway, passes a cop)

🔹️Good morning officer!
🔸️Good morning. Are you out of gas?
🔹️No, just out for a cruise!
🔸️Why, if you don't mind me asking, aren't you *driving* your car then?
🔹️Oh right..looks weird huh?
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 🔸️Um..yep. Looks a little weird.
🔹️Well you see officer, this is a Lamborghini Aventador. It can reach top speed of 220 MPH, and can go from 0-60 MPH in 2.9 seconds!
🔸️(mumbling under his breath) Probably not while you're pushing it.
🔹️I'm sorry, what?
🔸️Oh nothing..
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 🔹️Am I breaking any laws by pushing my vehicle?
🔸️Actually..um..I'm not sure. I think so though? Usually people DRIVE their functioning vehicles down the road.
🔹️Oh, right. But you see, because it goes so fast, I don't trust myself to actually *drive* it, you know?
🤷‍♂️
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 Sounds dumb right? Just because a car CAN go really fast, doesn't mean you have to DRIVE it really fast. YOU control how fast you go. You can go the speed limit-or push it a little and slow down when you see a cop. But it's up to you..
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 But as dumb as that sounds, it isn't as dumb as when people say "MMT won't work.. (which doesn't make sense).. Even though the government can never run out of money, we can't trust our politicians to use that power responsibly!"

I'm sorry, whaaat?...They already don't!
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 So according to them, letting the planet burn- letting millions go w/out healthcare/live in poverty- ignoring our crumbling infrastructure and the massive amounts of student debt hanging over the heads of our youth- All of that is RESPONSIBLE?! B/c of "inflation and stuff"?!
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 Bullshit. Just b/c the govt isn't "financially constrained", doesn't mean they have to spend like drunken sailors. WE have to tell them that the jig is up. WE have to inform ourselves on what is possible, and DEMAND that our govt uses that power to benefit the public purpose..
#MMT shows us the way to a better future for everyone, not just the elite. So let's DEMAND that they get in the damn car and give it some gas. (END)
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You're driving and you want to maintain a certain speed. Let's say 55 MPH. Or 80..(hey, you do you) What do you have to do to maintain that speed? Well if you're going UPhill, you have to "spend" more gas to maintain it. And if you're going DOWNhill, you "spend" less gas
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But you'd "spend" whatever gas is needed to maintain your target speed. Another approach would be that it's OK to "spend" gas when you're almost stopped, but let off the gas once you're moving so you don't "spend" too much. But that's silly, and you'd probably be pulled over.
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If it's obviously silly to drive like that, why isn't it obviously silly for governments to deficit spend like that? A typical Keynesian approach is that deficits are OK when the economy is in recession, but once you're "up to speed" you need to "let off the gas".
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My son Jared turns 8 in May. He's a joy. His smile is infectious, he's really good with numbers, he is a great big brother to his two little sisters, he LOVES ketchup, and he also happens to be on the #autism spectrum.
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I can't speak for every parent of a child on the #autism spectrum, but getting through the "now" isn't what scares me. We have an amazing support group of family, teachers, and doctors. We might be tired (It's not "the sun" waking up the roosters, it's MY son), but we get by.
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Tomorrow scares me. Between 75-85% of adults w/#autism are unemployed. After years of saying "No" when we would ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, now Jared says he wants to be a postman (And I love it😊). But the odds are NOT in his favor.
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Tim Youmans
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When China gets US$ (which they get via trade) they can do with them as they please. They can get it in cash and roll around in it on their beds, exchange it for another currency, leave it in their reserve account at the fed (checking), or purchase US Treasury bonds (savings) 1/4
Anyone w/ US$ has the same choices, and many choose buying US Treasury bonds because they are risk-free financial assets. They are risk-free b/c the US govt can make ANY payment that comes due in US$. They also add to the national "debt" which people are afraid of. But why? 2/4
No one is afraid of the majority of the "debt" which is "owed" to ourselves, so they must be afraid of foreign held "debt". But if they dislike the "debt" to China (et al.) then they just dislike China's ability to purchase US Treasury bonds, which simply means... 3/4
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