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Wildling
The interest the Fed receives is returned to the Treasury.The constitution gives congress the authority to create money. This function has been privatized in 1913. Let's say the government needs $100.00.
Under the Fed, the Fed will print the money and lend it to the government to be paid back with interest.
Under the constitution, congress prints the money. It is not owed it to anyone. There is no debt. There is no interest.
The money the Fed creates is destroyed when it is paid back.
It all zeroes out.
If we let Congress print the money, they would never destroy it, and we would have hyperinflation. The last thing you want is for demagogues to have their hands on the levers of the money-printing machine. They one smart thing they ever did was to delegate that power to the Fed.
The Federal Reserve system is not perfect, but it is the best of all the worse alternatives.
Duh-duh-da-da.... it's about time the great DEFENDER OF THE STATUS QUO showed up to set everybody straight with respect to how benevolent central bankers are.
... and in other news; M2 is larger today than it was yesterday.