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Yes, it is very much like a shell game. This is a desperate measure that will mostly likely result in a horrible decline of the US dollar. It's like borrowing money from your credit card to put money in your checking account so that you can make a payment on your home equity loan in order to borrow from the home equity loan to pay your credit card.

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Q: When the Federal Reserve puts a trillion dollars in treasury bills is that like a shell game?
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