Congressman To Introduce Law To Ban The Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin

“The campaign to get around the debt ceiling by using a Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin has reached a new level of intensity today.

Earlier today, Paul Krugman hopped on board and said Obama must be ready to mint the coin if the GOP decides to try to force the country into defaulting on its obligations.

And now a US Congressman has come out against the coin idea and is proposing a law to ban it (via Matthew O’Brien). Ironically, this action actually legitimizes the coin option.

To take a step back, the US is about to hit the debt ceiling limit that Congress set in 2011, at which point it will be illegal for the country to issue more debt to pay its bills–unless the Congress agrees to hike the ceiling again….”

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