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empresa-journal · 2 years ago
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Minting the Trillion Dollar Coin is a False Choice
The US Treasury does not need to mint (issue) a trillion dollar coin to finance the federal government in a debt ceiling crisis. Instead, the Treasury could mint just enough platinum coins to pay the bills during the crisis. Federal law (31 U.S. Code § 5112) gives the US Security of the Treasury the power to “mint and issue proof platinum coins.” Former US Mint Director Philip Diehl thinks this…
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