It's shocking to me how many Americans still think that their government prints money. They can't. They gave away that sovereign right by act of Congress to the Federal Reserve bank, a for-profit private bank owned by private interests. If the US government could still print money, the US economy wouldn't be in the toilet.
It is in the UK! They call it quantitative easing (aka debasing the currency) so that our meagre savings become progressively worth less (or, eventually, worthless).