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The graph is here: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?s[1][id]=FEDFUNDS I tried reading through shostak's article (http://mises.org/daily/2768), but it's a little over my head. i'm trying to understand why: 1. the funds rate was relatively high in ~2000 2. why/how it was lowered in ~2002-2004 3. why it began to rise after 2005 4
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should have known Harry Browne would have had something good to say about this...thank you!
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Sennholz's article (http://mises.org/story/542) addresses manipulation of trust funds to produce a 'federal surplus' under Clinton adminitration. His data is from 1998-2005 -- for estimated trust fund surpluses FactCheck.org says that the federal budget was balanced and deficit erased under Clinton (http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck