Thread by @ActivistMMT

We is us. The entirety of the United States. The problem is not that the national debt exists. The problem is that the elite have stolen almost all of it.

A 🧵.👇

https://twitter.com/tonyp03877/status/1363837052148740097

👆The solution is not to “reduce the ballooning national debt” but rather to take what the elite have stolen, and prevent them from ever stealing it again. In other words, we need to address wealth AND income inequality.👇

👆Saying “we must reduce the ballooning debt and deficit!!” is no different than saying “We gotta stop the federal government from DOING STUFF.” We definitely need the government to do stuff. We just need it to do (way) more good and (way) less bad.👇

👆The idea of reducing the debt and deficit is nothing more than a tool for even more austerity. Because who always swoops in and takes almost all of it? And who’s always left to fight over the scraps and suffer the consequences?👇

👆Fight for BETTER federal spending, not less of it.

The United States dollar is a fiat currency. Fiat means “by decision”. They make money by deciding to make it! They DECIDE who to make it for and for what, and who to withhold it from. citizensmedia.tv/mmt-funding-is…

👆Stop believing Very Important People when they say “I wish we could but we can’t.” They’re really saying “We could easily choose to help you by merely making a decision to do so. We just don’t want to.”👇

👆The only way to fight for better spending is to get federal reps who actually represent us and our DECISIONS of how our gov’t should – and should not – use its absolutely immense powers. One of those powers is its money. OUR money.

Learn more. citizensmedia.tv/mmt

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