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Milton Friedman

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.

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Milton Friedman is saying that when the government issues money, it takes valuable materials like paper and ink and turns them into something with no real value. This highlights his criticism of government-controlled currency, implying it can lose worth despite being made from quality components.

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