Who pays for all that free stuff that people get?
You are probably referring to the line “necessities are free to all, as needed” that is part of the ten principles of the new money. But you should remember that not only necessities are given but also capital goods and services. The only things that this new money can buy are goods and services designated as “luxuries.” That means that everything else from timber and ores through trucks and hammers to bobby pins and broadcast towers are not paid for at all. So there is really a lot more to be explained than just who is paying for that hamburger than Joe is eating. The first and most obvious answer is that the Payers are paying for all that stuff. They even are paying for the luxury goods and services. But that is just a surface answer and is not really addressing the underlying question. Why should anyone give property to someone else without getting money in return from that person? We are so used to two-party interactions when we think of money that it is difficult to think of any o
