@bobbala @doctorsex @cjd @EssentialUtinsil @plotinus_enjoyer @stoner713 1. I'm not a national socialist
2. I've made numerous analogies already, coffee as a sleep replacement being universally relatable.
3. Germany issued bonds with interest paid by the state in the event people met certain criteria (women leaving the workforce, having multiple kids, etc.) which would all correlate to increased GDP and consequently income tax. Means test the idea. Actuarial science has done this successfully for over two hundred years.
4. The limit is "as little as it takes to start things and no more".
5. You cannot have a battleship financed with hopes and dreams. Germany had a massive demand for their goods, so they functionally used accounts receivable as a substitute for gold.