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To: ovrtaxt

Fractional Reserve Banking:

As a major lending bank, if the Federal Reserve gives you $100 million, you must keep a small percentage ‘in reserve’.

Let’s say it’s 10%.

So, does that mean you can only loan out $90 million? (seems logical).

Nope. according to the way the ‘scheme’ works, they can now loan out $190 million.


Isn’t that just about correct?


54 posted on 12/13/2008 5:47:47 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: UCANSEE2

Here's a chart of how it breaks out. Here's a link to the formula.

In the final analysis, this banking method creates new money from nothing, in the process devaluing all other existing money in circulation- of the same currency.

This is exactly why counterfeiting is illegal- it's theft from all other holders of the counterfeited currency.

Amazing that fractional reserve banking is even legal- it's the greatest fraud going today. Just remember- gold is their mortal enemy.

125 posted on 12/13/2008 3:41:31 PM PST by ovrtaxt (It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. ~Henry Allen)
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