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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts) Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:52 AM Jan 2013

Learn me on this: There's no money for social programs but they're going to mint a $1 trillion coin? [View all]

Fiscal cliffs, debt ceilings, lions, tigers, and bears, oh my...

"austerity" is nothing more than a form of theft by the rich. "Creating causes and conditions."

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Learn me on this: There's no money for social programs but they're going to mint a $1 trillion coin? [View all] Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 OP

The coin is so they can PAY for all the social programs frazzled Jan 2013 #1

Thanks, gotcha. The rest of us have to balance our checkbooks but they can create money out of Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #4

You support the gold standard? frazzled Jan 2013 #5

I support having a system not jackable by jerks, which promotes some level of responsibility. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #7

Question nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #6

Throw coin over Fiscal Bluff - make wish leftstreet Jan 2013 #2

Minting the coin costs whatever an ounce of platinum costs Recursion Jan 2013 #3

Its only one little coin... Historic NY Jan 2013 #8

Will it have P.T. Barnum or Charles Ponzi on the face? Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2013 #9