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To: yldstrk
The U.S. government didn’t need war bonds to finance World War II.

The purpose of selling war bonds was to get people to give up their excess cash during the war, for the purpose of stifling black market activity for materials that were needed for the war effort.

12 posted on 04/08/2020 5:08:43 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.")
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Growing the economy only works if you aren’t also growing the deficit with it.
Look at the last 3 years. We’ve evolved the greatest economy in world history and yet instead of taking advantage of it to chip away at our debt we spent, and spent, and spent.


14 posted on 04/08/2020 5:12:19 AM PDT by BuckeyeGOP
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