Re: Does all the cash end up back at the Federal Reserve?

> Just curious, I mean if the currency is lent out to the
> government. And the government pays back currency to the
> Reserve, wouldn't all cash eventually end up back at the
> reserve?

It could be that way if fed decides so. For instance they could sell government bonds and get their cash back. But the money problems have very little to do with actual cash. It is not even "fiat" money any more; rather it is electronic money... so that it can be even easier to manipulate.

> The country would have to continue getting more currency
> printed by the Fed, just to keep currency floating around.

Sort of like that. Or to make it easier: the fed prints money, and then lends it to Americans, who are supposed to give it all back some day, and in the meantime have to pay interest on it. Quite insane, but true. The Fed prints money out of nothing, just like you or I could print monopoly money, or any other money. But we are treating it like a real thing, as if it was based on something real (and no, gold is not the only "real" thing on which value of money can be based).

> And would the tax payers continue paying interest on the
> currency the Federal Reserve is holding on to?

No, only the money that they borrow to the American people i.e. American government. They money they print and hold on to, and don't give to anyone, theoretically doesn't do anything, although it does have a value.

> And who exactly owns the federal reserve anyway?

Non americans, private individuals, who don't have to disclose their identities. Also, in todays world, it is very easy to hide behind some other people, so in that respect, you can never quite "follow the money" and find out. However, there is another way to find out: look who was always involved in these types of manipulations, and all roads inevitably lead to the same place.