Susan Fiener, a Feminist Economist, argues in all seriousness that deficits do not matter because the government can pay for the debts with just a click on a computer. And because a literal printing press is not used, this is NOT printing money. And, no, this is not satire. She is quite serious. She even wrote a clever poem for her Ms. Magazine readers: When the U.S. has a debt, we/I, we/I, owe Then a quick click here, and a quick click there Here a click, there a click, now a little quick click Then the U.S. paid its debt, we won’t, we don’t owe. This is based on the children's poem, old MacDonald. Which is probably appropriate given the intellectual level of Ms. Magazine's readership. http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/07/14/a-woman-economist-speaks-out-deficits-are-a-grrrls-best-friend/