What is the difference between a counterfeiting ring and the Federal Reserve? Answer: One prints money without any real value or legal authority; the other uses fancy language like quantitative easing, which is essentially the same thing, gaining their legitimacy through a quasi governmental agency whose existence stands on shaky Constitutional ground. And the Federal Reserve, by the way, has no reserve at all. The country has long since went broke. We are simply treading water until the collapse. Massive inflation, austerity measures, joblessness, entitlement meltdown, and lastly the complete collapse of the civil society. These are the things that result in rioting, anarchy, and eventually marital law. From there it is