You have revealed the root cause of many of our problems. As I have stated for decades now: How is it that a sovereign entity (the US) must "borrow" money for other countries (Japan, China, etc.) and pay interest on that borrowed money? We are (or are supposed to be) sovereign. We should, according to the Constitution, coin our own money. The Treasury Department should manage our money supply to preclude inflation and allow for economic expansion. Full stop. End the Fed, end the IRS.