If Obama Can Just Create A Trillion Dollar Coin, Then Why Do We H

by alexoscarew | January 8, 2013 at 09:26 am
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If Obama Can Just Create A Trillion Dollar Coin, Then Why Do We Have To Pay Taxes?

If Barack Obama can "solve" the debt ceiling crisis by printing up some trillion dollar coins, then why does the federal government need our money?  As another debt ceiling showdown approaches, many in the liberal media are suggesting that if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling that Obama should just have the U.S. Treasury create a trillion dollar platinum coin and use it to pay our bills.  It sounds crazy, but many notable voices (including Paul Krugman of the New York Times) are supporting this idea.  But if the federal government has had the power to create trillion dollar coins out of thin air all this time, then why do we have to pay taxes?  Not only that, why do we have a national debt?  If the federal government can just create money whenever it wants, then why does the federal government ever have to borrow it from others?  The U.S. Constitution actually grants Congress the power to "coin money", so why is the Federal Reserve doing it?

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