Postby gurey25 » Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:22 am
Interest rates are not linked to real goods or services, and thus artificial.
The monetary system we all live in based on interest and the fractional reserve system.
For example
Money is created when banks lend it into existence
. When a bank provides you with a $100,000 mortgage, it creates only the principal, which you spend and which then circulates in the economy. The bank expects you to pay back $200,000 over the next 20 years, but it doesn't create the second $100,000 - the interest. Instead, the bank sends you out into the tough world to battle against everybody else to bring back the second $100,000.
So some people have to lose in order for others to win. Some have to default on their loan in order for others to get the money needed to pay off that interest.
Those able to compete meaning those who work either very hard, have advantages with education, established wealth will do well, those who dont get screwed.
Rich get richer, poor get poorer.