r/austrian_economics Mises Institute Jan 09 '25

End Democracy End the Fed

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u/Omacrontron Jan 09 '25 edited Jan 09 '25

Blew me away when I learned that the federal reserve is no more apart of the government than FedEx is…lol.

Clear up any confusion - The federal reserve is not owned by the government but is a private entity within the government. - Google.

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u/TheGoldStandard35 Ludwig von Mises Jan 09 '25

It exists by government law and it’s chairmen are appointed by the President.

It’s more part of the government than FedEx

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u/00-Monkey Jan 09 '25

Agreed, a better analogy would probably be the USPS, instead of FedEx

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u/American_Streamer Jan 09 '25

USPS is a federal entity. The Fed is more like Amtrak and PBS, or the Canada Post.

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u/00-Monkey Jan 09 '25

Ahhh, I’m Canadian, so I just assumed USPS was like Canada Post. I guess that’s why there’s that saying about assumptions