I can't believe lefties think the Fed was paid back so its all good.
The FED put out 29 trillion dollar at well below market rates to preserve banks which should have folded.
Those banks and institutions borrow that cheap money and selling those almost worthless securities to the FED not longer borrow at market rates and could not liquidate their holding at the artificially inflated prices the FED created at the time.
To act like it was all go because the FED got paid back is to not understand the massive transfer of worth the really cheap money was how damaging it was to the value of the dollars we owned.
Frankly you lefties are dangerous to the future generations of voters everywhere.
You apologize for anti freedom big govt and central bankers which rule the govt.
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Here is how the massive lending at below market rates is explained...
https://www.cnbc.com/id/45674390
So this guy from (let's say) Morgan Stanley walks into a bar.
He orders drink after drink. Downs a dozen or so high-quality glasses of Scotch. Does a few shots of tequila. Maybe grabs a beer at the end of the night.
The bar manager sees the condition the guy is in, takes a look at his tab. Sees the total amount of drinks he’s been served. Grabs the bartender aside and asks him a question.
“Bartender Ben, how many drinks did you serve that guy?”
“Just one,” Bartender Ben says.
“Ben! Be straight with me. I’m looking at his tab. Scotches. Shots of Jurado Tequila. A pint of Six Point. You served him a lot more than one drink,” the manager says.
“You’re looking at it wrong, my friend. You are adding up all the drinks I served him over the whole night. But at any one time, I only served him one drink,” Bartender Ben explains.
Just then the guy from Morgan Stanley looks up. His glass is empty again. “Bartender,” he says. “I’ll have a another.”
“See,” says bartender Ben. “Just one at a time.”
Quite obviously Bartender Ben’s position is absurd.
more at the link.