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Re:Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last... by sixothree on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:46PM (#28763798)
Wasn't the IOU congress spending the money in the first place? And this coin allows us to pay for the IOU.
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Re:Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last... by djur on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:00PM (#28763997)
Exactly right. This is already authorized spending.
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