# What Are Some Ways The Federal Government Can Raise Money

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 6, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-ways-the-federal-government-can-raise-money/566638 "2011-01-06T18:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-ways-the-federal-government-can-raise-money/566638/21 "2011-01-08T06:20:52Z")

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> [@flickster](#):
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> You don’t need to increase income, you need to decrease the spending

It’s too late to decrease the money we spent five years ago.

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