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Are there even any funds?

Are there even any funds?

Posted Oct 29, 2025 12:19 UTC (Wed) by rbranco (subscriber, #129813)
In reply to: Are there even any funds? by willy
Parent article: Python Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal

> That's not how a sovereign currency issuer works. The US government can literally print as many dollars as it wants to. It cannot go bankrupt.

Yes it can. The value of currency is determined by supply & demand. If you print too much, there's oversupply and you risk less demand for currency and bonds that turn to junk.

And the Federal Reserve is not part of the US government.

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Are there even any funds?

Posted Oct 29, 2025 13:43 UTC (Wed) by jzb (editor, #7867) [Link]

Obligatory "this is not aimed at any one person" editorial comment, but this has strayed well far away from the topic at hand at this point. In the interest of keeping the comment stream related to LWN topics, let's stop here with discussions on currency, electoral systems, etc.


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