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dwd on Dec 3, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA: We're sending humans to Mars

It's also a lot smaller than the 4.5 trillion sunk in quantitative easing.

Tloewald on Dec 3, 2014 [–]

Quantitative easing doesn't actually cost money. The fed buys securities with it and probably breaks even or makes a profit.

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