In a country we generally frown upon,
the government’s central bank works like this: the bank prints money the
government needs and provides it at no interest. This is unlike the U.S., where
the government borrows from the Federal Reserve money on which it owes
interest. Never mind that the government has a constitutional duty to create money -- it gave this right
away to the commercial banks in 1913. And, never mind that the Fed charges
interest on something it creates out of
nothing (that is a subject for another day.) The end result is that we owe the
Fed $1.6 trillion, and of course, social spending must be cut so we can begin
to repay our 'debt.'
This other country’s economy flourished after the 2007
global recession. Banks didn’t stop lending and the GDP grew by 10-11% (last year
8-9%), while in the U.S., growth was negative, and is now only 2-4%.
What was this
country? China! Yes, that terrible communist country that isn’t crippling its
people with a mountain of debt.
Why does the
American government do this? President John Adams once said, there are two ways
to conquer and enslave a country – one is by sword, the other is by debt. Our
government is conquering its people through debt. We are voting into office,
representatives who enslave us. We could stand to learn something from that
communist country where leaders don’t take financial advantage of their people,
don’t empower private banks, and don’t eviscerate their country's economy.
