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发帖数: 7128 | 1 鉑金又要完蛋了。 跌到銀價差不多。
US Will Not Mint Trillion-Dollar Coin in Debt Ceiling Ploy
Jan. 13, 2013
Washington (dpa) - It was an idea that seemed too good to be true, and
advocates of minting a 1-trillion-dollar coin to solve the US debt ceiling
debate will have to look elsewhere for a solution after the Treasury nixed
the plan.
The suggestion of the massive platinum coin had captured the imagination of
many and received extensive media attention in recent weeks as a showdown
with Congress over raising the nation's debt ceiling looms.
It would have seen the government mint the coin, deposit it at the Federal
Reserve and use it as currency to pay the bills if Congress refused to raise
the debt limit in opposition to President Barack Obama.
"Neither the Treasury Department nor the Federal Reserve believes that the
law can or should be used to facilitate the production of platinum coins for
the purpose of avoiding an increase in the debt limit," Treasury spokesman
Anthony Coley told The Wall Street Journal Saturday.
The debt limit must be raised beyond the current 16.4 trillion dollars by
mid-February to continue financing the 1-trillion-dollar annual deficit, the
Congressional Budget Office said.
Republicans in Congress have threatened to tie any increase in the debt
ceiling to demands for spending cuts. | a*o
发帖数: 19981 | 2 没影响吧，不差它那一两oz，只要这个提议曾经被提出过就够了。 |
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