Today, Fed Chairman Bernanke said they are going to monetize $85B of US Federal Debt every month for as long as it takes. That works out to a bit more than $1T of worthless, printed money a year, handed out by whoever is in power in Washington, DC.
Naahhhh, that's not corrosive to civic health. Not at all.
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Oil the printing presses! We're saved! |
Update: Fellow SLOB
WC Varones points out that they're not really printing all $85B. They are printing $40B and continuing Operation Twist to the tune of $45B a month. Operation Twist is where they sell short-term bonds and buy long-term bonds.
I would respectfully disagree, but this was pretty funny:
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Hilarious!
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