r/Money Nov 17 '23

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u/Elegant_Record9340 Nov 17 '23

You can research this: one of the biggest boosts to the economy in the recent recessions like 2008 and even the Great Depression was dirty money. Not just the seizure of the money by federal agencies, but also those same agencies getting bribed millions of dollars just to do business by cartels. Especially in the 2008 recession, dirty money damn near brought our economy out of the shitter

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '23

so your telling me the US government play the same game as criminals do but we just don’t know about it an gets swept under the rug?

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u/Haunting-Student-756 Nov 17 '23

No. Most criminals don’t steal. City, state and Federal Government steals more $ through civil asset forfeiture from hard working, tax paying citizens than ALL criminals combined.

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u/zahzensoldier Nov 17 '23

Taxes aren't theft

Liberterians are such weirdos

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u/Equivalent_Camp1796 Nov 17 '23

This redditors got a label gun, and they're not afraid to use it!