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    • Why target a rate?
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    • Reduce the national debt?
    • Why a national debt?
    • The first interest loans?
    • The 1078 AD Debt Amnesty
    • Why social security tax?
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    • Economy through the Arts?
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    • What is bitcoin?
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    • New money runs an economy
    • Prices rise with spending
    • ... but not gov spending
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