Franchise ?? Like Kentucky Fried Chicken? There is probably nothing you have more wrong than this statement above. The Fed is part of the overall Treasury - Central Bank Operation. The Fed creates money when the Congress appropriates Treasury spending in excess of Treasury income. They have no choice. The Fed accommodates Treasury spending by covering Treasury overdrafts. The net Treasury overdraft covered by the Fed during any accounting period equals the addition to the aggregate deficit. This is not rocket science. It's the Congress that appropriates money. Not the Fed!The point of the Franchise is the license to Create trillions of dollars at will.
