{"id":122515,"date":"2026-01-18T22:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=122515"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:13:31","slug":"the-government-only-has-money-because-taxpayers-give-it-to-themthere-are-fools-who-disbelieve-this-they-will-cite-the-federal-reserve-and-treasury-department-printing-money-and-controlling-the-mon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=122515","title":{"rendered":"The government only has money because taxpayers give it to them\n\nThere are fools who disbelieve this \n\nThey will cite the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department printing money and controlling the money supply \n\nThat is partially true &#8211; but only when you realize all they control"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The government only has money because taxpayers give it to them<\/p>\n<p>There are fools who disbelieve this <\/p>\n<p>They will cite the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department printing money and controlling the money supply <\/p>\n<p>That is partially true &#8211; but only when you realize all they control<\/p>\n<p>  &mdash; M\u0250\u0279\u0279\u01ddu W\u028e\u01dd\u0279s (@warrenmyers)<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers\/status\/2013011671933952384\">Jan 18, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\nfrom Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers<\/p>\n<p>January 18, 2026 at 05:12PM<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/?ref=da&#038;site=wordpress\">IFTTT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government only has money because taxpayers give it to them There are fools who disbelieve this They will cite the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department printing money and controlling the money supply That is partially true &#8211; but only when you realize all they control &mdash; M\u0250\u0279\u0279\u01ddu W\u028e\u01dd\u0279s (@warrenmyers) Jan 18, 2026 from Twitter &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=122515\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The government only has money because taxpayers give it to them<\/p>\n<p>There are fools who disbelieve this <\/p>\n<p>They will cite the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department printing money and controlling the money supply <\/p>\n<p>That is partially true &#8211; but only when you realize all they control<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[792],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-122515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blih","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122516,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122515\/revisions\/122516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122515"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkeyring_services&post=122515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}