Quote from Misthos:
Yes, there is a difference. Dollar bills are but a tiny fraction of money, and even they are Fed Reserve "Notes"
I was not speaking literally of course I'm speaking of dollar in nominal terms all it's forms physical,bookkeeping entries. and government debt.
the element that makes the dollar good makes the bond good too. If the dollar was no good the bond is no good either. If the bond is no good then the bill is no good . They both derive there purchasing power from the same element. Instead of printing treasuries why not print money and skip the middle man, avoid interest
Quote from Misthos:
For a country to start printing money outside of the credit system to just pay off debt would crash the system, in my opinion. You Know why? Because EVERYONE will start doing it and FOREX will go haywire as to valuations and there will be a mad race to the bottom. Global trade would experience a near if not total collapse. Certain Hyperinflation would follow. [/B]
previously you said all our money is created trough debt, but you fail to put the pieces together.
(1) every time a loan is made new money is being created. It does not come out of deposits. So the money supply increases.So when the Gov. borrows money the money supply increases. just the same as if it printed sovereign money instead. The effect on the money supply and in turn inflation is the same either way
(2) the treasuries are then used in the banking system as reserves for more loans. so is money when it created in the banking system,
as far as the banking system is concerned the are the same.
As you can see borrowing causes > increase in money rather than printing debt free money.Because now not only are the treasuries used as reserves to create new loans, but so is the money created to buy those t-bills.why not create just the money instead of both
If every country printed money (instead of borrowing from a central bank) to the amount of goods and services it produced, then their would be no inflation and no debt.
The notion that governments would go crazy with this power and create massive inflation is a strawman argument fabricated by the fed and their big moneyed vultures.
In fact, a slogan of the dallas branch of the fed says "Those who have the power to spend money (governments) can not have the power to create money.
It sound good but is deception at it's best. NAME ONE TIME THE FED HAS STOPPED GOVERNMENT BORROWING
Quote from Misthos:
The one constraint that Fiat Money has is its requirement to be born of credit. Take that away, then all is lost - there are zero constraints - money is then 100% PURE FICTION and thus, it's worthless value will be obvious to all. [/B]
yes if the U.S treasury just put the money on it's books instead of giving the fed t-bills and let them create the for the t-bills, like i said a few times already then money would be born of credit