I thought I'd repost a discussion of what the fractional reserve system is all about and imply why your money is nothing but DEBT! This is a REPOST from Oct, 2009!
One thing that is interesting is that the money supply has begun to decrease:
http://www.chartingstocks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/money-supply.gif
We might have a deflationary depression instead. You can't keep printing money as debt if people do not take on additional debt. The US Government is the last bastion of creating additional debt. Enter Obama's plea for an emergency $50 billion.
This system can't go on forever.
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