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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1207375, member: 3011&quot;]I would characterize it differently.&nbsp; A group of people in power are borrowing money to spend on pet projects, and assigning the bill to us.&nbsp; We are permitted to vote for any member of the group if we care to, but not permitted to opt out.&nbsp; If we try to opt out and not pay, we go to prison.&nbsp; If we somehow elect a president who decides to break the cycle and have the Treasury issue money instead of the Fed, they shoot him.&nbsp; Sorry if I don&#039;t show the proper amount of guilt for viewing this as somewhat tyranical.&nbsp; I know you want to believe there will be a painless way out of this, or even to continue the way things are, but these aren&#039;t options anymore.&nbsp; When this system was in its infancy, it was pointed out to Keynes that the system was unstable and unsustainable in the long run.&nbsp; He just responded that &quot;in the long run we are all dead,&quot; and somehow this idiocy passed for wisdom at the time.&nbsp; Well, welcome to the long run world of high tech feudalism Mr. Serf.&nbsp; If I borrow $5, I expect to pay it.&nbsp; But if someone else borrows it, I don&#039;t feel the moral obligation to repay.&nbsp; And if I become unemployed or disabled and can&#039;t pay, I don&#039;t expect you to pay for me.&nbsp; I expect the lender to write off the loan and tighten their future lending standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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