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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

taxes are used to finance services

I don’t think this part is the case, as explained in this video and in the 1Dime videos in this video’s description.

Money is necessarily created by the government to finance goods & services first, otherwise there’d be no money to collect via taxes from those who the government (directly or indirectly) pays to provide said goods & services. There is no money except that which the government 1) creates itself or 2) creates through the private banks it deputizes to create money through the writing of loans (which always create them as a 1:1 credit-to-debt).