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Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Minting of Trillion-Dollar Coin

Posted by Unknown on from the supervillians-gather-in-protest dept.

Dainsanefh writes with news that the new Congress isn't wasting any time getting back to work. From the article: "Lawmakers are still positioning themselves for a debt ceiling fight in a few months, but one Republican congressman wants to snuff out a particular idea immediately: the U.S. Treasury minting $1 trillion platinum coins to avert a debt ceiling showdown. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) has introduced a bill to specifically ban President Barack Obama from minting the coins. The trillion-dollar coin has been previously discussed on Slashdot:"

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  1. Re:Yes, End the Insane Spending by Ksevio · · Score: -1, Troll

    As long as we cut spending on the freeloading 47% and not the job creators, the Republicans will be for it.

  2. Well, if Paul Krugman is in favor of it... by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 1, Troll

    You know it's a dumb idea. The Nobel Prize foundation lost a lot of credibility when they gave him the award for Economics, and lost the rest of it when they gave the peace prize to President Drone Strike.

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  3. Re:Can't America get its acts together ? by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, since I've been rated as a troll already - go figure.

    The solution is to just punish the people making money by giving more benefits to those that won't work?

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