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  What does it mean that the Federal Reserve is "independent within the government"?

  The Federal Reserve, like many other central banks, is an independent government agency
The federal reserve calls themselves "within the government" and a government agency. Isn't it fraud (and indeed wire fraud) to falsely represent yourself as a government agency to induce a financial transaction?

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_12799.htm



> Isn't it fraud (and indeed wire fraud) to falsely represent yourself as a government agency to induce a financial transaction?

Hmm what transaction it induces?

You'll need to check the law that created the Fed. Maybe it makes sure that doing whatever the fed needs to do the job is not a crime


Your position is they're not government, but you also talk of them "doing whatever the fed needs to do the job" in response to the fed claiming to be a government agency and within government.

So either you are lying, or the fed is lying, and if the latter your position is that they need to lie to do their job (per your dismissive quip) -- much of which involves transactions of banks drawing on master accounts which are held in part in full faith that they are doing business with a government agency.


This character espouses a lot of the same drivel that the 'sovereign citizens' tend to throw around.




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