I got this on Facebook. Makes a lot of sense. The Federal Reserve is failing miserably at it's job.
Many of you have argued that the Federal Reserve is one of the greatest internal threats to freedom in the country. But is that a reasonable position? Does devaluing a currency over many decades threaten stability? Is it an act of theft as some would claim?
Consider: "From 1790 until 1913, the dollar lost 8 percent of its value. Since the Fed's creation in 1913, however, the dollar has lost (so far) an additional 95 percent of its value. Given that one of the Fed's mandates is to maintain price stability, such inflation is hardly evidence of successful performance. Clearly, the Fed has undermined the dollar's value."
Donald J. Boudreaux
Failed Fed
Pittsburgh-Tribune Review
November 26, 2010
Here's the link.
http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/c...ary_node=70313
The Fed is only one person in the evil Trinity of Tyranny enacted in 1913. The Fed, The Income Tax, and the 17th Amendment.