Either, I'm a moron or you are. Try to keep up. I will go as slow as possible.
The federal reserve is composed of foreign investors who have REAL wealth(Not backed by debt). They lend that REAL wealth to America in Federal reserve notes with interest. I exaggerated the 50% interest.
I heard more modern figures as being less(like 6%) but either way, you are already in the hole as soon as you take FRN.
Anyways, when America had no more gold to pay, they set up a GDP system, where Americans could use the GDP as collateral to pay back the loans. The GDP guaranteed(for the most part) real wealth income. As long as they were able to pay the debt? The Fed would allow them to increase the debt. Therefore America's debt was backed by FED wealth. And of course as I explained the GDP.
Again the feds could exaggerate their holdings but up to a certain point.
Geebus, it just starts with a flat incorrect statement and then builds on it. The whole foundation of any form of "knowledge" on this subject that you may believe you have fails with the first statement of how they lend that "real wealth" to the US Government. Right there is where it starts to go wrong. Every piece after that is incorrect as well because all of it builds on that one factually incorrect statement.
Fiat Currency is not backed by any form of "real wealth", this is a fundamental piece of knowledge needed for any sort of realistic participation in this conversation. Each and every person must understand what Fiat Currency means.
Fiat Currency is literally money that is not backed by "real wealth", there is no gold or silver backing the currency, nothing. That is what fiat currency means.
Please read the last two sentences carefully, write them down 10 times each. Memorize them and hold them in your mind longer than 2 seconds. If you can actually grasp the concept of fiat currency we can begin to educate you on the topic so you can maybe get to a level where you can speak without the first sentence of what you say being so full of stupid that the rest of what you say no longer matters.
Please pay attention to this: Fiat Currency is not backed by real wealth, the Federal Reserve does not loan "real wealth" to the US government. Gold or Silver reserve notes no longer exist, only "legal tender for all debt public and private"...
Money that used to be redeemable for gold, then later silver, no longer exists (well you can buy the collectible paper but it is no longer redeemable). This is what FIAT CURRENCY is. It is literally what it means.
I cannot stress or repeat this often enough, because it is the fundamental piece of this conversation which makes every single thing you say stupid beyond repair. Fiat Currency is not backed by "real wealth"...
The investopedia definition of Fiat Currency:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fiatmoney.asp#axzz1bvLHUeSV
What Does Fiat Money Mean?
Currency that a government has declared to be legal tender, despite the fact that it has no intrinsic value and is not backed by reserves. Historically, most currencies were based on physical commodities such as gold or silver, but fiat money is based solely on faith.
Here is the wikipedia definition and page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money
Fiat money is money that has value only because of government regulation or law. The term derives from the Latin fiat, meaning "let it be done", as such money is established by government decree. Where fiat money is used as currency, the term fiat currency is used.
Please study this.
Fiat Currency is not backed by "real wealth"...
Please God... Let wiseone2cents understand this so I can stop reading that stupid. It makes us all more stupid when we read stupid stuff like that!