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2022-08-22 13:16:29 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

I don’t even know where to begin on linking a source to refute this. This is not how accounting, finance, or reality works. If the government forgives debt on its books, they are releasing debt that is more or less owed to the taxpayer. Taxpayers are on the hook for lost revenue.

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• I don’t even know where to begin on linking a source to refute this. This is not how accounting, finance, or reality works. If the government forgives debt on its books, they are releasing debt that is more or less owed to the taxpayer. Taxpayers are on the hook for lost revenue.