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2024-08-02 13:34:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 38E40EF3AA76B0E51D9306D9DB7680174801903AADC838EEC8694C0EFE56A749
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Original Note:
The video repeatedly compares the UK finances to a credit card, wallet or household budget. This is not the case, and the UK issues its own currency and the govt lends to itself on it's own terms. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2019/11/11/the-uk-government-is-not-like-a-household-and-does-not-have-a-household-type-budget-thats-because-it-quite-literally-makes-the-money-the-rest-of-us-use-so-lets-stop-pretending-it-has-a-credi/
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