/biz/ - Business & Finance

Where did the $1.5 trillion dollars go? Who has it right now? Why is no one asking questions?

The Federal Reserve is willing to spend 1.5 trillion dollars just to help the stock market for 30 minutes before it crashes anyway. But they can't forgive student loan or pay for free college so young Americans can actually get jobs and careers. Strange times we live in. Strange priorities.

Why do we need the Federal Reserve? Why can't the US Treasury just print its own money like other countries? Give it to me straight.

Why does the economy always need to grow? Why is it so important that Starbucks have 35,000 locations instead of 30,000? Why is "growth" the measure we use to determine if an economy is healthy or not? When do we abandon the pyramid scheme and start focusing on sustainability?

>Taxing the rich doesn't work.

Why do people keep saying this? Has it ever actually been tried? What were the results?

If everyone "stopped being lazy, worked hard, went to college, got a portfolio, fulfilled their potential and became millionaires". Who would clean our toilets?