US seizes record $225 million from crypto investment scammers

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5. Not arguing here, but...

A) My USDollar today is worth less than my USDollar of yesterday because of inflation. Sometimes, I can counteract that. For example: I put my dollar in a bank and they pay me interest for the temporary use that dollar to loan it to a third party for a fee.

B) There was a time when USDollars were government-backed by a deposit of gold held in Fort Knox (or elsewhere), not anymore. Today, USDollars are only ink on paper, backed only by the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution. USDollars are, in fact, unsecured. The government has the ability to sell bonds (make loans) or raise taxes (itself lowering the value of my dollar), but the USGovernment is under no obligation make me whole if and when the dollar collapses.