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Will the real fiscal conservatives please stand up? : Comments
By Rowen Cross, published 15/5/2009The Rudd Government must try harder if it wants to escape Labor's reputation for profligate spending and financial mismanagement.
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Posted by Fozz, Sunday, 17 May 2009 7:43:04 PM
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I'm not sure what you define as "cyber money". All modern economies use fiat currency. The government spends by creating money from nowhere which then appears as deposits in the commercial banking system. It is the way in which new currency enters the economy.
It is impossible for government to disengage completely from the economy. Without their deficit spending, the only way to fuel economic growth is to expand private debt and liquidate private savings - but this cannot continue forever. As long as the federal government is in surplus, no new net currency is entering the system.
We need to recognise the need for balance between the federal government and the private sector. They are two sides of the same coin.