[juhq]

You answered your own question. Government of course.

[JumpCrisscross]

So general income taxes or deficit spending? Isn't that just unemployment insurance by another name?

[juhq]

Does it matter? Government collects taxes and then spends it as it chooses.

[Touche]

Yes, this is a new type of spending that hasn't existed before, and therefore taxes either have to increase or something else that is currently getting the 30k doesn't get it any more.

You can't hand-wave away where this money comes from.

[tobltobs]

Trumpists can:

“This is the United States government. First of all, you never have to default because you print the money, I hate to tell you, OK?”

[croon]

Before people dismiss this, it is an actual Trump quote.

[pessimizer]

It is also completely true.