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That piece is somewhat incorrectly argued. The core question revolves around how seigniorage is credited in the bookkeeping. A creditary monetary system must have the seigniorage vested in the people.

Here is a related search string that is predicated on written law that states quite clearly that federal reserve notes are debt obligations of the government;

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