Congress doesn't actually control the amount of money in circulation, though they can certainly put pressure on the Fed to print more. Essentially, by spending more they issue more debt. Naturally, to spur people to want to buy that debt, the government increases the interest rate on that debt. If the Fed then wants to keep the interest rate the same, they are forced to "purchase" some of this debt. The money from that "purchase" ends up deposited in a bank. I just put "purchase" in quotes because the Fed doesn't actually withdraw from anything -- they only deposit. Through fractional reserve banking, that deposit inflates the money supply. So indirectly, government spending causes inflation.
They claim this bill is revenue neutral, but the usual plan with that is that the revenue never shows up. The increase in the size of the IRS is probably not actually geared towards increasing revenue. It's probably just about growing the power of the government.
Americans should look at the army occupying Washington and know who the regime is defending itself against. You
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