User talk:69.115.230.118

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Federal Reserve System

Dear anonymous user at IP 69.115.230.118:

Actually, the Federal Reserve System is quasi-governmental, not "private." This has already been discussed over and over. Please read the article and the talk page.

The term "Federal Reserve" means the Federal Reserve SYSTEM. The SYSTEM is composed of both governmental and non-governmental entities.

The System includes a government agency called the "Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System" PLUS some non-governmental entities -- the private member banks (like, maybe your bank down the street, where you have your checking account), plus some other entities. The private member banks "own" stock in a group of entities called the "Federal Reserve Banks" (of Dallas, of San Francisco, etc.), but that "ownership" is not "ownership" in exactly and completely the same way that you "own" a car or I "own" shares of IBM. In other words, some parts of the Federal Reserve System are "private" and other parts of the System are governmental.

A System that is only partly governmental and only partly private is not "private." It's "quasi-governmental." Please look up the prefix "quasi" in the dictionary if you disagree. Yours, Famspear 03:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

Hi, there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. On many keyboards, the tilde is entered by holding the Shift key, and pressing the key with the tilde pictured. You may also click on the signature button Image:Wikisigbutton.png located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot 20:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] October 2007

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary, which wasn't included with your recent edit to United States Note. Thank you. MBK004 15:05, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.