It is an idea that is difficult to absorb. We are living in a world where money is just an idea. We deal in checks, direct deposits, credit cards, electronic transfers and credit. It makes no sense for the government to print money, put it into circulation and then to tax us in many different ways to get the money back. I know all of the arguments about how the government may not print money without causing inflation.
Inflation is just an idea born out of a lack of confidence.
People need to get over the idea that money has any intrinsic value. A bill for a dollar is worth a few cents in paper and ink. A bill for a hundred dollars is worth about the same amount for the paper and the ink. It is a thought, an idea and illusion based on confidence. The Russian Federation is big enough and important enough to the economies of the world to announce that the Russian Federation is going to a new International Currency called the Global .