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PeterR

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A trillion-dollar coin?
« on: January 10, 2013, 10:59:34 AM »
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For days, the press and the pundits were abuzz with the fanciful notion that maybe -- just maybe -- the Treasury Department could avert a standoff over the debt ceiling by minting a cure-all trillion-dollar coin.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/10/legend-trillion-dollar-coin-grows-as-white-house-declines-to-rule-it-out/#ixzz2HbHQrLaZ


I think I'll hold off on any purchase until they hold a two-fer sale.
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2013, 11:06:51 AM »
I'm gonna check under my couch cushions and see what I can get together.....
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 11:27:22 AM »
Quote from: taxed on January 10, 2013, 11:06:51 AM
I'm gonna check under my couch cushions and see what I can get together.....
I heard the Tooth Fairy was passing these out to evil kids in place of real quarters.
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2013, 11:48:50 AM »
That'll weigh your pants down.

Any road why bother? Why not just say we have the money? Why not just write an additional trillion dollars in the ledger. This is beyond insane. Actually it is childish.

I just went down to the shed and made this little coin out of carbon fiber. I have decided it is worth $292,604. It just so happens that is the price of  a new Aston Martin DBS. How lucky is that!

Now I'm gonna go and make some new coins because I need some groceries!
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2013, 12:16:01 PM »
Quote from: Solar on January 10, 2013, 11:27:22 AM
I heard the Tooth Fairy was passing these out to evil kids in place of real quarters.

Some dems and Paul Krugman are actually serious about this. Can we get a take from the brilliant Ms. Pelosi? :smile:
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2013, 12:19:14 PM »
Quote from: supsalemgr on January 10, 2013, 12:16:01 PM
Some dems and Paul Krugman are actually serious about this. Can we get a take from the brilliant Ms. Pelosi? :smile:

It figures Krugman is serious about it.  Not many people are as clueless as Krugman on all things economy.
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2013, 12:42:25 PM »
Quote from: supsalemgr on January 10, 2013, 12:16:01 PM
Some dems and Paul Krugman are actually serious about this. Can we get a take from the brilliant Ms. Pelosi? :smile:


"We won't know what it's worth until we mint it."  -  Pelosi
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 12:57:28 PM »
I heard somebody joke that they could just use bitcoins.

But sadly, if they think the GOP and public won't raise a ruckus......they'll probably do it.

They float these things, guage the response, if everybody's too busy to care or make much noise......they jump in it foursquare.
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 01:24:25 PM »
Quote from: PeterR on January 10, 2013, 12:42:25 PM


"We won't know what it's worth until we mint it."  -  Pelosi

Thanks. I should have figured that would be her position. Her brilliance overwhelms me everytime she speaks.  :laugh:
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2013, 01:27:15 PM »
Quote from: supsalemgr on January 10, 2013, 01:24:25 PM
Thanks. I should have figured that would be her position. Her brilliance overwhelms me everytime she speaks.  :laugh:

He's making a joke on her quote on the HusseinCare bill....
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 01:30:23 PM »
The stupidity of these people is getting overwhelming.

The day they start stamping trillion dollar coins, is the day that whatever dollars we have, become worthless paper. :cursing:
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2013, 01:35:26 PM »
Quote from: kramarat on January 10, 2013, 01:30:23 PM
The stupidity of these people is getting overwhelming.

The day they start stamping trillion dollar coins, is the day that whatever dollars we have, become worthless paper. :cursing:

That's what they want.  That's the whole point.  Hussein Obama wants to take down the United States.
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2013, 01:41:25 PM »
Alchemy is alive and well my friends.
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2013, 01:41:34 PM »
Quote from: taxed on January 10, 2013, 01:35:26 PM
That's what they want.  That's the whole point.  Hussein Obama wants to take down the United States.

It's working. :sad:
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Re: A trillion-dollar coin?
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2013, 02:00:06 PM »
Quote from: taxed on January 10, 2013, 01:27:15 PM
He's making a joke on her quote on the HusseinCare bill....

I understood that and responded likewise.
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