[Right_Wing_Madman]

The Fed returns a large portion of it's PROFIT back to the Treasury.

According to the article you sent, the Fed sends all its profits to the Treasury:

"Whatever the Fed earns beyond its operating expenses is then returned to the Treasury Department."

But the Fed does not give the Treasury interest-free loans:

"The red ink further mounted as the funds rate, now at between 5.25% and 5.5%"

[Captain Peter Blood]

Right now there are no Fed Profits.