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Created: 2025-07-04 06:20:00 UTC

🇺🇸 MILTON FRIEDMAN: GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS THE TRUE TAX

“Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only. 

How much government is spending, because that's the true tax. 

Every budget is balanced. 

There is no such thing as an unbalanced federal budget. 

You are paying for it. 

If you're not paying for it in the form of explicit taxes, you're paying for it indirectly in the form of inflation or in the form of borrowing.”

Source: @GoodAMLiberty

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**Related Topics**
[inflation](/topic/inflation)
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