The Government Doesn't Make Money—You Do | Carol Roth

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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You build wealth through hard work, experience, and skill—but where does the government get its wealth? In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, financial expert Carol Roth explains the truth about government revenue, taxation, and spending. She breaks down why the government doesn’t create wealth—it takes it from citizens through taxes and borrowing—and how this impacts the economy, personal freedom, and national prosperity. Understand how real wealth is created and why government overreach threatens it. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.1	Deas and Cases apply.
0:31.9	How do you make money?
0:33.7	You go out into the world and work in exchange for a paycheck, which allows you to purchase goods and services.
0:40.1	You may work in a factory building cars, work as an engineer writing software, work on a farm helping to grow food,
0:46.3	or work in a grocery store selling that food to consumers.
0:50.1	You earn money and build wealth on the back of your efforts, experience, skills, and risk-taking.
0:55.9	But it's very different for the government. How does the government make money? Does the Commerce
1:01.1	Department manufacture computers, phones, and TVs, and sell them to millions of customers?
1:06.3	Does the Department of Transportation build planes, trains, and automobiles that generate billions in revenue.
1:12.2	Does the Food and Drug Administration plant and harvest food, open grocery stores, and sell the foods to shoppers?
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