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End the Fed
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Robert Meldahl Oct 18.
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Thanks for a very intelligent and informed reply. You are essentially correct: the FDIC and the Fed actually give license to banks to risk deposited money. In the end, they make fractional reserve banking worse.
However, by blaming these lame pat...
While I am no expert on the Fed, banks or money, it appears to me that the Fed's primary purpose is to facilitate fractional reserve banking in its member banks. Without the Fed and FDIC, banks would often be subjected to bank runs and go out of b...
This is the most important issue in our society. The greatest threat to liberty is a banking system that allows bankers to literally create money. The FDIC and the Fed are pathetic attempts to control this fraud
If you truly love liberty, challen...
If anyone would like to discuss the "End the Fed" campaign, please let me know. I believe that I can convince you that it is not the Fed that is the problem. The Fed is just an inadequate fix to the real problem. The real problem is that we have a...
Back when I practiced law in Montana, I actually had DUI charged client who had suffered nerve damage as a child from, I believe, rheumatic fever. He had a naturally slurred speech and he shuffled his feet.
Although my client was innocent, both h...
My congratulations to Turtle. I am glad that his acquittals were based on a test of the facts before a jury rather than a demonstration of "defying the authorities' demand for proper subservience."
By the way, how does a recording of a sober Turt...
Thanks Charlie. Keep in mind that my comments are a reflection of skepticism; not criticism.
Confiscating a van might be excessive, but if contraband was found legally, it would be evidence and its confiscation would be very proper. Again, we are...
I appreciate your response. With some technical exceptions ("plain sight," etc) the police need a warrant to make a search without your consent. If Turtle's only sin was to say "No," he is entitled to our support.
If fact, my comment is based upo...
I have always had good experiences with the police. I realize their fallibility and the tough job that they have to do. Knowing that, I use courtesy and patience whenever I am interacting with them. The whole idea of libertarianism is based upon t...
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