joewp
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So again, someone, somewhere is paying interest on that money because it was created as a loan.
No, the $20s were not created as a loan.
So where was their value created? Please remember, when new, crisp stacks of $20 bills are sitting in the BE&P's vault, they're not money.
So where was their value created?
When the Fed sells them to a bank.
Absolutely right. Well, kind of. The Fed ships them to the banks and debits their account. Since their account at the Fed represents money the regional Fed bank owes the bank, it is debt. The $20 is just another representation of a loan. That's why they're called federal reserve notes.