To Poitier
Fractional Reserve Banking is harmful in two major ways off the top of my head. First, it allows the eroding of monetary value through inflation. Second, it allows banks to make a profit off of something that they do not own. If you work 8 hours, you are paid for 8 hours. Do I have a just claim on your money? No. Now you will say that a bank deserves that money bc they are performing a service. That service is the 'protection' of the customer's money in an account. But that in and of itself would not be bad. The great sin of banks is that they make money off of money that DOES NOT EVEN EXIST to begin with. That is the whole purpose of Fractional Reserve lending. What is Wal Mart's purpose, to give all this merchandise away out of the goodness of its heart? No, it is to run a business and make a profit. A bank is also a business, it just makes its money in a different manner. So no, it doesn't 'Depend' on anything if you are asking if F.R. is harmful. It is, period.
The U.S. Dollar has lost over 90 percent of its value bc of the Federal Reserve. The Fed has caused this by inflating the monetary supply up to unsustainable levels. There is a thread in this forum complaining about Wendys having ever higher and higher prices. That is inflation. And that has come about precisely bc of the Federal Reserve. You need to look into how this entity and your precious banks 'create' money to understand this, I will not type it out for you here.
And you agree that it is not just for a person to make a profit on something they did not work for, then you also agree with our banking system which engages in this behavior on the greatest scale on earth. You seem confused.