How do countries make money?

Question

Besides taxes, how do countries or governments make money?

Answer 1

Besides taxes, government owned and run enterprizes. In the US, an example could be US Postal service (although I'm not sure if it's profitable).

A good question might be how some countries set themselves apart and make more money than other countries. There are 3 ways: work hard (China), work smart and invest in technology and knowledge (Japan), or have craploads of natural resources to sell (Saudi Arabia).

Answer 2

Really fancy copying machines. Some countries like Iran make more of other countries' money that way, too.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

They call the tax something else: Bridge toll, fee (lots of different fees), import-export tariff, assessment. Tax by any other name is still tax.

They could do the communist thing and own everything. That's how The Soviet Union rose and fell. I think even then they still taxed people.

Answer 5

issuing bonds is one way (but they do have to pay those back).

Some countries take over industry and make money that way too.

Answer 6

By exporting more than they import.

That means you are getting more money for what you export than what you have to buy from other countries.

Answer 7

Royalties... loan interest... investments.

Think.. how do companies make money other than direct purchases of their products or services.