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		mschuster91 on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software firms across US facing tax bills that thr... So what? It's not like that money is lost. It ends all back in the economy because people spend their wages.

logicchains on April 19, 2023 [–]

Money is just paper. The _value_ is lost; if the government buys itself a banana, that's one less banana available to the people.

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