Quote from Landis82:
I think that he and Bernanke are worried that making this info PUBLIC will allow people to see just WHO the weakest banks are in the financial system and cause a run on them.
Quote from mgabriel01:
Why collect taxes if you can print the shit at will?
Basic law of supply and demand --- too much of any particular widget and the price of the widget drops
the dollar is a widget
simple simple simple
Quote from peilthetraveler:
If you own shares in a company, dont you have the right to look at the books? If a company is issuing trillions of shares the way the fed is issuing trillions of dollars, dont you think your shares are getting diluted? I know I want to know if my dollars are being diluted, dont you?
And actually they do get taxpayer money. When the government wants say 50 billion dollars, they sell 50 billion in bonds to the fed. Then they have to pay the fed money (from TAXPAYER revenue) to pay the interest on the bonds.
Quote from krazykarl:
I don't get your point. Who cares if the dollar gets weaker - everyone else's currency is in bad shape as well.
The treasury collects tax revenue.
The Fed issues reserve notes backed by its member banks.
Quote from achilles28:
Surprise, surprise.
Lackey-Boy Geitner comes out swinging for his Banker Masters. Apparently, Taxpayers have no business asking questions about their money!! Just leave that to Geitner and his Wallstreet buddies. They'll take care of everything...
Quote from monty21:
How is transparency bad?
Audit the Fed! They have already destroyed the US Dollar by continually increasing the money supply. Look up any 10 year chart with the US $ to any other major currency.