Any economist have a clear answer yet?

‘Why are we borrowing in a currency that we print ourselves?’

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The question is wrong. The government is just a facilitator. The major banks are the ones printing money, backed by the central bank acting as cartel coordinator.

Yes, although, couldn’t the big banks be considered as government at this point?

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The government secures the banks' income via taxation and socializes banks' losses. Nice marriage.

Peter Schiff answered this for me: to prevent inflation.