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by mschuster91 1481 days ago
Every time we have seen a government take control over the money printing press, it ended spectacularly bad. There is a reason why most governments have agreed that the central banks need to be as impartial and independent as possible - and countries like Turkey are proving it at the moment.

Just imagine someone like the 45th being able to order the Fed around in a way similar to Erdogan. Complete, utter horror.