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jimmylynn Wrote: Dec 08, 2012 3:00 PM
No, it's illegal because it's against the law and the constitution. Just because liberals win an election doesn't give them authorities and powers they don't have to run rough-shod over the American people and throw them even deeper into indebt. Liberals seen to think that just because they something is so....it is.
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psydoc Wrote: Dec 08, 2012 2:57 PM
So what makes you think this is a legal procedural move, wtmoore1?
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Welcome to Zimbabwe. This is not a parody -- it is an actual report from the Washington Post:
Some economists and legal scholars have suggested that the “platinum coin option” is one way to defuse a crisis if Congress can’t or won’t lift the debt ceiling soon. At least in theory. The U.S. government is, after all, facing a real problem. The Treasury Department will hit its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit by next February at the latest. Unless Congress reaches an agreement to raise that borrowing limit, the government will no longer be able...
Insane: Liberals Contemplate $1 Trillion Platinum Coin to "Solve" Debt Limit Issue