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Eric Hovde: “If all they did was just print money for every deficit…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 02:13

Like this guy just literally said he doesn't get it. And this is Joe Biden's chief economic adviser. Let me explain why you just can't print money. It's real simple. If all they did was just print money for every deficit spending, the US dollar, nobody would want to hold it. It wouldn't be the world's reserve currency. The value of the dollar would collapse immediately. It already is declining in purchasing power against any real commodity that is part of inflation. (02:13–02:22)

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Asserts that printing money for deficit spending would devalue the US dollar.

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