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Old 10-13-2010, 07:25 PM  
potter
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Originally Posted by onwebcam View Post
You're not borrowing someone else's money.. Your guy gave you something he considered of value so he asked for a return.. The banks have nothing of value at risk.. No intrinsic value in the money.. They just print it off and make computer entries all day..
No... You're getting into the how/why the guy had that $1.50.




I'll say this again.

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Originally Posted by potter
If I want to buy a pepsi, but don't have a dollar on me. So the guy next to me gives me a dollar but says tomorrow I have to give him $1.50. That doesn't make me a slave. It just makes two parties who made a financial agreement. It doesn't matter how that lender got the money, what they do with the money, or how they make money.

Why don't you try to explain how that situation makes the person buying the pepsi a slave. We'd all love to hear it.
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