inflation. it makes money worthless and then you have to go back to basic bartering, like pre-currency markets. mass death then ensues.

引用自 allegedly：

governments and banks print as much money as they want whenever they want
but if you print money you go to jail, it's a huge federal crime

Even if you’re a criminal, if it was that easily all the criminals would be doing it.

But I guess the main reason is to keep track of the supply, I suppose. Even though money does get wore out, lost, or destroyed as it goes thru the system.

引用自 Chowder Head：

inflation. it makes money worthless and then you have to go back to basic bartering, like pre-currency markets. mass death then ensues.

oh right, I forgot the price of food never goes up

引用自 allegedly：

引用自 Chowder Head：

inflation. it makes money worthless and then you have to go back to basic bartering, like pre-currency markets. mass death then ensues.

oh right, I forgot the price of food never goes up

Well it does. Same reason why lobster use to be a poor mans food.

Why don't you just print food?

I think one could print money, but you cannot use it to buy things and isn't valid unless its signed by the treasurer anyway. Until then its just as useful as Monopoly money.
Fun fact... scanner hardware(and possibly in the software) automatically detects "real" money and makes the image unusable.

Like I said before, if printing money on your own was that easy everyone would be doing it. Assuming that you’re a criminal of course.

引用自 Xero_Daxter：

引用自 allegedly：

governments and banks print as much money as they want whenever they want
but if you print money you go to jail, it's a huge federal crime

But I guess the main reason is to keep track of the supply, I suppose.

we could let them know how much we print so they can keep track

引用自 allegedly：

引用自 Xero_Daxter：

But I guess the main reason is to keep track of the supply, I suppose.

we could let them know how much we print so they can keep track

Yeah but it ain’t yours to keep if that’s what you’re planning to do with the printed money. And besides… the people who print money is a private business. So you might as well apply to work there.

Fact Check and Edit: It’s part of the government but it’s ran like a private business.

引用自 Xero_Daxter：

Like I said before, if printing money on your own was that easy everyone would be doing it. Assuming that you’re a criminal of course.

why would mean we are criminals?
are governments and banks criminals for printing money?

引用自 agu：

Why don't you just print food?

ask govt and banks

Money cannot be printed. How does one print something like gold bars? You can't. CURRENCY is what's printed. These are not the same thing.

When it comes to printing CURRENCY, it reduces the value of said currency. This is actually a form of theft. The government is stealing from you by printing currency, which they then hand to themselves. Yes they make it illegal for you to do so, but not them. That said, if everyone printed it, rather than just the state, it would go to the dump a hell of lot faster.

引用自 allegedly：

引用自 Xero_Daxter：

Like I said before, if printing money on your own was that easy everyone would be doing it. Assuming that you’re a criminal of course.

why would mean we are criminals?
are governments and banks criminals for printing money?

引用自 agu：

Why don't you just print food?

ask govt and banks

No, because they are authorized to print money.

引用自 Xero_Daxter：

引用自 allegedly：

why would mean we are criminals?
are governments and banks criminals for printing money?

No, because they are authorized to print money.

who authorized the government to print money? the government?

引用自 Drain：

Money cannot be printed. How does one print something like gold bars? You can't. CURRENCY is what's printed. These are not the same thing.

When it comes to printing CURRENCY, it reduces the value of said currency. This is actually a form of theft. The government is stealing from you by printing currency, which they then hand to themselves. Yes they make it illegal for you to do so, but not them. That said, if everyone printed it, rather than just the state, it would go to the dump a hell of lot faster.

yeah I mean currency, people usually incorrectly call it money

引用自 allegedly：

引用自 Xero_Daxter：

No, because they are authorized to print money.

who authorized the government to print money? the government?

引用自 Drain：

Money cannot be printed. How does one print something like gold bars? You can't. CURRENCY is what's printed. These are not the same thing.

When it comes to printing CURRENCY, it reduces the value of said currency. This is actually a form of theft. The government is stealing from you by printing currency, which they then hand to themselves. Yes they make it illegal for you to do so, but not them. That said, if everyone printed it, rather than just the state, it would go to the dump a hell of lot faster.

yeah I mean currency, people usually incorrectly call it money

Well yeah. It’s not a simple yes or no. It was a loooooong process that dated all the way back when the founding fathers were still alive. They needed a bank of some sorts and boom!!! We have the central bank, I suppose? I’m not a historian.

Why not print food? Or whatever it is that they do in Star Trek.