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    For the first time on this issue you're talking sense. If you want a good political argument against the coin,…
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    • coin, read Billmon
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    • Given that none of us are experts in the coin minting business, perhaps the former Direct of the National mint…
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    • I don't know why you always bring bullion into it. In practice there are no bullion coins in circulation -…
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    • Proof coinage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaProof coinage means special early samples of a coin issue, historically made for checking…
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    • As an example of a "responsible" real world reason for minting the coin I could cite the 2012 Budget approved…
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    • I'm afraid this is a really silly post. The Statute in question refers to and authorises BOTH bullion and proof…
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    • Some democrats have suggested that the trillion $ coin should have President Reagan's likeness on one side, and GW Bush's…
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    • No. The feature is that the primary motivation is profit rather than the optimization of health care outcomes for patients.…
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    • The poison of privatised for profit health care has infected some European societies too, with underfunding of public healthcare forcing…
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    • Although Booman couches his objections in legal terms, he is (like me) a layman when it comes to both the…
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    • Which is why Congress is suing him for not enforcing DOMA.
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    • Yes - the Treasury would mint the coins and use them to pay off some of the debts it owes…
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    • So you are saying, in answer to pillsy, that because the amounts of money involved are very large Congress doesn't…
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    • Trillions which have already been spent on wars duly authorized but not funded by congress. Private banks and organizations in…
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    • As you imply, much of this may just be kabuki on all sides. The House may have the power of…
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    • By personalising the issue you make the same mistake popular economics makes when it (say) compares the prudent management of…
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    • Congress as in the House and Senate acting in concert, or Congress as in the House acting alone? The House…
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    • Krugman says he wouldn't be any good at the job as he hates "admin and paperwork". Sounds like he'd take…
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