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ELI5 What is the difference between a tax and a bond.? Is not a tax ongoing and the bond has a cutoff limit? If so then why do people gripe about taxes when they can have bonds? (lemmy.world)
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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Great explanation, and also …

For example, it’s really expensive to build a new bridge and whatever level of government can’t afford to pay for that. It’s not like you can just demand an extra $1B in taxes.

But whatever level of government can issue a bond to borrow money, with a promise to pay back in x number of years, and can make that regular payment through money coming in by taxes