How did the US get out of the Great Depression during WWII? If there was no money, how could the government start paying soldiers and factory workers?

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How did the US get out of the Great Depression during WWII? If there was no money, how could the government start paying soldiers and factory workers?

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Answer 1

Appreciate everyone’s responses, thank you! I better understand now that the money wasn’t gone—it just wasn’t flowing (to oversimplify the awesome answers here).