[Doe Eyes]

If this is the case, then why the deficit of 16 trillion?

There is not now, nor was there every, a deficit of 16 trillion.

The Fed’s actual lending to banks and financial companies at its single-day peak, Dec. 5, 2008, was $1.2 trillion.

[takenoprisoner]

There is not now, nor was there every, a deficit of 16 trillion.

So all this chatter about trillions of dollars in deficit spending is a hoax. Cool. We can all relax now. Thanks for setting the record straight.