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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 2030679, member: 41863&quot;]The thing is, I want to look at more than the annual numbers themselves. I want to delve into the process of calculating that number. </p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, my mind immediately says, &#039;go find the exact amount of $100 dollar bills that were printed so I can sort of figure out just how much money <i>I </i>think the government makes off of the printing process&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am also curious of the process of &#039;digital money&#039;, and by that I mean when enormous sums are added to balances that dont have a corresponding printed bill or coin to physically hold its place. If it costs $.60 to manufacture a single $1 bill, what does it cost for that single $1 bill to be manufactured onto a balance sheet as a simple bit on a computer screen? How much manufacturing went into that? Who realized the profit on it? Where did it come from?</p><p><br /></p><p>The other problem is, I dont have any idea where to even begin to find my answers. </p><p><br /></p><p>(I am using the blanket term &#039;government&#039; to encompass any entity that is physically creating the money and backing its face value, I understand that is not what we have in the Federal Reserve, but for simplicity I want to focus on the numbers, not who is getting it privately, or exactly which group touched it first)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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