Taxes for Revenue are Obsolete
“All federal taxes must meet the test of public policy and practical effect. The public purpose which is served should never be obscured in a tax program under the mask of raising revenue.”
“All federal taxes must meet the test of public policy and practical effect. The public purpose which is served should never be obscured in a tax program under the mask of raising revenue.”
This MMT tutorial provides short answers to several questions.
Not “believing in” the insights coming from the MMT lens is denying the institutional reality of how money is created and operationalized.
Since this is a major topic of interest for laypersons, I’m going to explain operationally why your dollars paid in federal taxes are not spent by the federal government on anything.