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Old 02-14-2009, 11:12 AM  
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Federal Reserve and Ponzi Scheme are actually quite similar, they both create money out of nothing... One is a scam, the other is an institution that helps stabilize the economy, how effective it is, is debatable, but comparing it to a Ponzi scheme isn't really THAT far off...
ponzi schemes take money from later investors to pay off the earlier investors, adding more & more investors until the pyramid collapses upon itself, unable to payoff all the investors. in no way whatsoever is that how the central bank operates.
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