[hayst4ck]

It turns the fed into the only arm of the government able to levy a new tax.

Printing 20% more money doesn't seem materially different than taking 20% of everyone's money.

Either way an individual is able to buy 20% less stuff and the government is able to spend 20% of the value of the economy.

Except the fed has to answer less to the public than legislators do. We have a non-elected tax authority deceiving the country about the level of tax they are paying through the subterfuge of an overly complex system.

I would love to hear how this assessment is wrong (actually, not rhetorically).

[Rury]

It's not wrong, we have a wall street government. Did you notice at how those most responsible for the 2008 financial crisis, never went to jail... instead they were the advisory board for Obama on financial stuff?

[mullingitover]

If we want the workers to completely own the means of production, by all means put officials elected by the workers wholly in charge of fiscal and monetary policy. I'm not arguing against it. Just don't half-ass it, let's go all in on central planning.