The disaster results from polarization and true belief in aspects of the past that are no longer relevant but become mindless battle cries for lost honesty.

America has been applying gold standard logic to its fiat system, forcing square pegs into round holes and engaging economists with the task of explaining the damage to both without modifying the errant base logic/status quo that has empowered the powerful further.

We don’t need to tear down the present system, only to recognize that the status quo is political manipulation of that system, not its reality. MMT offers the only critical examination of the monetary system and assigns its functions in their proper place and order. It offers the opportunity for the people and their government to come to a truce without the conflict inherent in the status quo perception of money and taxation, allowing the government to be a force for both economic progress and our traditional national values.