by Can it be truthfully said that “internal borrowing shifts the war burden to future generations while taxing places it on the present generation”? A thousand times no! The present generation must still give up resources to produce the munitions hurled at the enemy. In the future, some of our grandchildren will be giving up goods and services to other grandchildren. That is the nub of the matter. The only way in which we can impose a direct burden on the future nation as a whole is by incurring an external debt or by passing along less capital equipment to our posterity. Paul A. Samuelson I fall någon till äventyrs tror att det bara är postkeynesianer och MMT förespråkare som tycker argumentet “vi måste ha ett balansmål eftersom ett underskottsmål orättvist skulle belasta
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Can it be truthfully said that “internal borrowing shifts the war burden to future generations while taxing places it on the present generation”? A thousand times no! The present generation must still give up resources to produce the munitions hurled at the enemy. In the future, some of our grandchildren will be giving up goods and services to other grandchildren. That is the nub of the matter. The only way in which we can impose a direct burden on the future nation as a whole is by incurring an external debt or by passing along less capital equipment to our posterity.
I fall någon till äventyrs tror att det bara är postkeynesianer och MMT förespråkare som tycker argumentet “vi måste ha ett balansmål eftersom ett underskottsmål orättvist skulle belasta kommande generationer” är uselt underbyggt, är det kanske dags att ta sig en funderare …