As long as we are off the gold standard, which is imperfect but at least the market (that would be consumers) has more control of it, which is why it is disliked by politicians AND bankers, the money will continue to flow as you describe. Increasingly so, because that is the goal of those who control our fiat money system. That is the goal of Progressivism - to amass power and wealth through manipulation of the currency. It differs from c*******m only by the method in which the goal is achieved. The Fed, or any other central bank with the power to create currency has got to be the most insidious institution of man. Read a history of the Fed. I'm currently reading The Creature From Jekyll Island. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to know how central banks have affected world economics and politics for the past 4 or 5 centuries.

I agree with most of what you say, but let me comment on a couple of points.

First, I post opinions. My opinions are formed by what I see, what I read, amd what I hear. It is tempered by my own logic, common sense, and experuence.

Secondly, as to proving or disproving, that is not always possible. As an example, last night at about 7 PM, I drank a glass of water. That is a fact, I know it is true. There is no way I can prove it and no way anyone else can disprove it. Sometimes evidence can be presented in support of opinions, but that does not prove or disprove anything.

So I will continue to post opinions and will continue to accept others as opinions.

If you cannot find facts to support a pet theory, just make them up. Repeat them to as many people as possible and some will believe them. Those people will repeat them to a number of others and some of THEM will believe it. Repeat this pattern often enough and eventually, enough people will believe them that they will become fact.

People believe things to be fact because;

a: They wish them to be true
b: They fear them to be true
c: They know them to be true, by verification.

If the majority of people believe something to be fact, it is, for all intents and purposes. This is what I call the "self verification" system. "I believe this to be true because everybody else does". Using the above method, ANYTHING can become fact. Scientific verification is not necessary, self verification is sufficient for most people.

Even here on this forum this phenomenon is rampant. People are using each other as verification. Many of the links posted are extensions of the self verification system. Stating " I believe this to be true" has no value unless accompanied by a link to a site where there are others who also " believe this to be true". Scientific verification not required.

I believe this to be true, I defy you to prove otherwise.

Three quarters of California people are i******s, where did you get that number, Faux Snus, or Boss hog Limbo? Governor Brown is starting to bring Calif back from the brink of bankruptcy, that Schwartzanegro was running the state into. Same scenario as Minnesota that governor Dayton and a Democratic Senate are doing, by cutting the loopholes for the rich, and a few other tweaks. Any of you that earn less than $250 grand a year and are v****g Republican, are not really Republicans, you are wannabe's, but you give the rich folks something to laugh about at their $1000 a plate fund raisers, how they bait you into v****g Republican. Example what did Reagan or either of the Bush Presidents do to stop a******n, or help people get off welfare. Answer nothing, gun control is another myth, they live in gated communities, where do gun crimes happen? Answer, not in their neighborhoods, or private schools. These three issues are the bait that get working and middle class low information v**ers to v**e Republiclan.