The Washington Post and USA Today both seem very excited by record profits at the Fed. If you print a lot of money, you make a lot of money. I'm not sure if that is how they want the government to deal with its debt.
--Dean Baker
The Fed Makes Money the Old-Fashioned Way: By Printing It
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