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by JumpCrisscross 857 days ago
> Dollars -- whether created by the Fed or fractional reserve banking -- are debt with interest due

This is not correct.

Loans create money. So the creation of money involves the creation of the loan. But if the loan is poofed, the currency doesn’t go away. (Think: loan to buy a house makes money, seller gets the money, buyer defaults, loan is impaired.)