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TwilightGardener

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9. Yes. Also a nightmare if you wanted a Mountain Dew out of the machine

Reply to slackmaster (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:25 AM

Jan 2013

and all you had was this stupid trillion dollar coin.

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Krugman: Be Ready To Mint That Coin [View all] ProSense Jan 2013 OP

I hope the design is ready to go, he only needs to mint a couple or three. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #1

the design should be Obama giving Congress (or Boehner) the finger TeamPooka Jan 2013 #33

I still say it should have Ronald Reaga's face on it RomneyLies Jan 2013 #43

I vote for Reagan's face too. Liberalynn Jan 2013 #49

The scene of the Boston Tea Party on the back might be most appropriate, though. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #50

Kind of a wink and a nod to those really responsible Liberalynn Jan 2013 #73

lol.. Cha Jan 2013 #70

why even bother with the 14th amendment? unblock Jan 2013 #2

congress could close the coin loophole at any time paulkienitz Jan 2013 #16

obama would veto it. unblock Jan 2013 #18

"Game it out" ewagner Jan 2013 #3

Wouldn't the SC have to declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional? notadmblnd Jan 2013 #57

The way I saw it happening ewagner Jan 2013 #72

The Fed might not take this coin "on deposit". banned from Kos Jan 2013 #4

it doesn't go into circulation unblock Jan 2013 #20

The money created out of "thin air" buys real assets like Treasuries banned from Kos Jan 2013 #24

those real assets at best but produce legal tender unblock Jan 2013 #25

The thin air money is backed by real assets and banned from Kos Jan 2013 #28

real assets that are backed by... money minted/printed by treasury. unblock Jan 2013 #40

a coin that is legal tender IS legal tender. TeamPooka Jan 2013 #34

Anyone else think it's funny that you can just make yourself a trillion-dollar coin? TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #5

The law was passed during Clinton's administration RomneyLies Jan 2013 #8

Yep.. Cha Jan 2013 #71

That would be a nightmare for cashiers everywhere slackmaster Jan 2013 #6

Yes. Also a nightmare if you wanted a Mountain Dew out of the machine TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #9

Those things always give change in Susan B. Anthony or Sacajawea dollar coins slackmaster Jan 2013 #10

BREAKING: Man buried under mountain of dollar coins (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #12

lol TeamPooka Jan 2013 #35

Imagine going to the local 7-11 and buying a Moon Pie and an RC Cola with it! Buns_of_Fire Jan 2013 #26

Don't even bother with the 14th, it's legally dubious at best. SpartanDem Jan 2013 #7

Put the image of Ronald Reagan on one side and ... Ganja Ninja Jan 2013 #11

Word! Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #36

+1 harun Jan 2013 #42

They should mint two of them Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #13

What a feeling....... Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #22

Absolutely Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #39

Anybody Got Change for the Soda Machine? n/t Yavin4 Jan 2013 #14

It may be benign... once. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #15

Default talk is rubbish. No coin needed foxtrotzulu Jan 2013 #17

Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize for Economics and he seems to think that one may be needed. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #23

It would be horrifically stupid. AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #32

maybe you should trot back to fox zulu..... TeamPooka Jan 2013 #37

+9999999999 AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #64

:) TeamPooka Jan 2013 #67

Republican lips are watering! moondust Jan 2013 #19

Normally, I would argue against such sneaky shenanigans. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #21

Ben Stiller? bongbong Jan 2013 #27

I agree. They should mint it for $1,000,000,000,000.03. marble falls Jan 2013 #29

Whose face should be on it? dragonlady Jan 2013 #30

Ronald Reagan. Panasonic Jan 2013 #48

For the "face" on the coin - haele Jan 2013 #31

John Maynard Keynes would be a perfect face for the coin. :) caveat_imperator Jan 2013 #41

Hmmm... Jeremy Renner as the high strung sidekick or Mark Ruffalo as the extroverted sidekick? Initech Jan 2013 #53

It should definitely be floated by "anonymous leakers." David__77 Jan 2013 #38

That $1 trillion dollar coin is interesting, but it's not something we should seriously BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #44

He is right on OccupyManny Jan 2013 #45

They should mint 10 of them.... Rosco T. Jan 2013 #46

In which case he should probably invest in one of these. Just to be safe. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #55

But be careful with it ThoughtCriminal Jan 2013 #47

Reminds me of that Simpsons episode with the trillion dollar bill that Burns stole... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #51

"If it's a crime to steal a trillion dollars and hand it over to Cuba then I'm guilty!" Initech Jan 2013 #52

Whose face should get put on it? Incitatus Jan 2013 #54

Truman. Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #56

Reagan Faryn Balyncd Jan 2013 #58

jane fonda elehhhhna Jan 2013 #59

K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #60

Krugman is dead wrong. MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #61

Once Again... SPOT ON !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #63

Link to the White House's site online petition here: Amonester Jan 2013 #62

It should have Dick Cheney's face on it, along with his quote, "Deficits don't matter." (nt) scarletwoman Jan 2013 #65

Kicked and Recced Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #66

KnR for Krugman's really interesting idea. Any ideas for the design? Lame Duck? Hekate Jan 2013 #68

Money out of thin air, yet the poor have to suffer program cuts. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #69