No, I am neither talking about an European monarch nor a cruise ship. I am talking about Quantitative Easing. In very simplistic terms, that means "printing money". The Feds are buying $600 billion (yes, that is "billion" with a "B") in bonds. When the government spends money, the Treasury prints the money they spend. The video in the link is calling this a "Global Ponzi Scheme".
Um, last I checked, a Ponzi scheme is illegal. So if the Feds are heading up a Ponzi scheme, shouldn't they be prosecuted for it like any Ponzi perpetrator?
Additional note:
Remember I said some time ago that there are only 2 ways the government can pay for all the programmes they have -- raise taxes or print more money? Hmmm.... I know the election is over, yet I will state a common sense principle again:
Cut the programmes.Don't spend money you don't have in your hand.
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