Re: Printing Money

[John Gelles <jjgelles@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 24 Feb 1995, Jim Devine wrote:
> ...  Has a government ever done this [drop money from the skies] to
> itself?   The (probably tall) tale I heard was that the Chaing kai-
> shek government dumped money on its people in a vain effort to
> raise its popularity. ...
> -------------------------- end Devine -------------------------

	When the U.S. switches from taxes to lotteries, if
	it decides to pay out, say 102% of the take, it will
	be doing this, as a serious way to combat deflation.

		John Gelles     http://rain.org/~jjgelles/