Greg Walden's bill bans minting $1T coin

politico ^ | 1/7/13 | BOBBY CERVANTES

[ColdOne]

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.

“This scheme to mint trillion dollar platinum coins is absurd and dangerous, and would be laughable if the proponents weren’t so serious about it as a solution,

[castlegreyskull]

This trillion dollar coin idea seems like something straight out of Austin Powers and Dr. Evil.

[Right Wing Assault]

I want them to make them. Maybe some drunk dem politician will drop a few on the sidewalk and I’ll find them!

[PGalt]

“Everything about socialism is sham and affectation.” - 23.11 Ch23 Evil; Economic Harmonies; Frederic Bastiat

DEPOPULATE socialists from the body politic. Psychopaths. Witness current events.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I was thinking Douglas Adams were he still alive. Something along the lines of what a planet that knew nothing about economics would do.