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To: djsherin

That was why Hamilton’s conception of a National Bank was to be privately owned and run.

However, a form of fractional reserve banking has been in existence since the first banks were formed.


101 posted on 11/30/2008 3:02:13 PM PST by arrogantsob (Hero vs Zero)
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To: arrogantsob

A privately owned central bank is no better. It takes away all the checks and balances in free banking that keeps banks (even with fractional reserve banking) from over inflating (or inflating at all). Fractional Reserve Banking has been around since the moment bankers realized people didn’t come in to collect their gold: they issued fraudulent receipts for gold they didn’t have. The problem is government allowed this practice to continue and actively encouraged it.


124 posted on 11/30/2008 4:24:19 PM PST by djsherin (The federal government:: Because someone has to f*** things up!)
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