Why Not Just Print More Money?

Bob decides that the best way to eliminate poverty is by just giving everyone more money. If the government prints more currency, then everyone will be rich, right?

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CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Jennifer Maffessanti
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced by Sean W. Malone

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[micdrop]

I'm convinced Seamus just lives to make Bobs life a living hell with his LOGIC and FACTS.

[NexAngelus]

There's an urban legend about how a man in 1920s Germany took a wheelbarrow full of cash to the bank to make a deposit. Left the wheelbarrow outside the bank while he went inside to fetch a teller. When he came back the wheelbarrow was gone...


But the pile of cash was still there.

[Robbstark]

*The Weimar Republic has left the chat*

[farmerboy]

I do love the increasing absurdism of the setup scenario

[imlivingunderyourbed]

The best explaination I've seen about inflation is from the cartoon show Clarence with the one episode where the whole school got obsessessed with "Clarence dollars", using it as their own currency to exchange stuff like food and toys and even fighting over it.

They fixed this problem by printing so many more "Clarence dollars" and gave it to everyone. Having everyone have so many Clarence dollars, it actually felt very worthless to them and they can't exchange it for sh1t anymore because the kids wanting to sell stuff can't accept more Clarence dollars because they already have so many. They all instantly gave up on the Clarence dollars and went back to normal.

And the best part about this is that the Clarence dollars are pretty much just paper with drawings on it that is practically worthless, just like actual currency.

[sandjgaez]

In 1920s Germany, it was actually cheaper to just burn money than to buy real fuel like wood or coal.

[falcongamer]

*I love how he accurately predicted* _when and where at what point in the road the baby would ask that specific question_ *so he could get hit by the car*

[VS]

The 'actually' part is my favorite every time

[CheeseburgerFreedomMan_]

lol Bob didn't market in economic skills.

[JoEbY-X]

I have 100 billion and 100 trillion dollar bills from Zimbabwe. I looked up, before the currency went completely defunct, how much it was worth and it was literally worth less than the paper it was printed on.

[aaroncutting]

"you economics nerds can't force your beliefs on me!" - my friends when I start babbling on about the economy

[helwrecht]

I alway love that unlike other animations your characters always kinda move. They don’t just sit there as much as other channels do until it’s their turn.

[bgcvetan]

Actually ...





Freedomtoon Characters can't die.

[whoareyou]

When you are peacefully driving, talking about economics with your family and then some bush-headed Catholic shows up out of nowhere saying "actually" from outside the car...



He is watching you...

[emeraldsstudio]

I just hate it when so much evidence has been present right IN front of them to prove your point and they STILL don't believe you.

[kingmuizz]

I remember asking this when I was younger.... such a eye opener. Man history at GCSE was a life lesson.

[Tangers]

When they call being right all the time annoying mansplaining, you embrace the trope. I love you.

[thomasdodd]

Legend has it placing your hands on any book of economic and declaring all its contents to be irrelevant in a socialist utopia will summon the mighty Seamus

[theodorepinnock]

For a guy presenting 'Common Sense Soapbox', the guy probably should have thought about NOT STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!

[lmbird]

I never thought of the government printing money as a tax. It makes so much sense