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> US government doesnt sell bonds to fund operations

Yes it does.

> It sells bonds to remove dollars from the system.

No. The Fed is in charge of the money supply, and when they sell bonds, dollars are removed from the system.

The US Govt selling bonds actually increases various measures of the money supply.



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