• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    arguably the entire worth of the dollar as a currency comes from it being what taxpayers pay in, so yeah it kind of does come from taxpayers

    Not at all. The dollar’s valuation comes primarily from:

    1. Its backing by a stable economic and governmental system and the projected power of the military controlled by that government

    2. Its status at the global reserve currency

    Tokyo, Lisbon, and Santiago don’t hold debt and equity in USD because Phil from Bozeman paid the IRS in that currency.

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      Its backing by a stable economic and governmental system

      the only real backing the dollar has is that it’s the only currency you can use to pay US taxes

      1 is necessary for 2, so 2 isn’t really a separate point

      Tokyo, Lisbon, and Santiago don’t hold debt and equity in USD because Phil from Bozeman paid the IRS in that currency.

      They hold debt and equity in USD because USD is stable because there is always a Phil from a Bozeman who needs to pay their taxes, so they money will always have value to somebody