• phelan@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    when the government goes bankrupt aswell

    the government cannot go bankrupt

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                  22 days ago

                  This is not how this works. You can’t just go ahead as an EU country and print as much Euro as you want. The ECB prints it, not your country. It’s regulated in Brussels.

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                    21 days ago

                    I’m sorry but yes, this is literally how it works. Please go look it up, this is vital for this discussion that you understand how money is generated. The german government bonds are one of the most wanted bonds in the world.