This is really just semantics. You're calling "printing money" the provision of debt from a lending source (whether it's derived from nothing, or a big pot of cash). I was calling "printing money" the actual pressing of currency and coin, which the U.S. Treasury does.

This is an important distinction, because the Federal Reserve is a private entity, while the U.S. Treasury is a federal institution.

This is really just semantics. You're calling "printing money" the provision of debt from a lending source (whether it's derived from nothing, or a bit pot of cash). I was calling "printing money" the actual pressing of currency and coin, which the U.S. Treasury does.

This is an important distinction, because the Federal Reserve is a private entity, while the U.S. Treasury is a federal institution.