“ A little-known statute gives the secretary of the Treasury the authority to issue platinum coins in any denomination. So some commentators have suggested that the Treasury create two $1 trillion coins, deposit them in its account in the Federal Reserve and write checks on the proceeds.”
Prof. Jack Balkin, Yale Law
Straight out of Futurama. (Via ThinkProgress)
Source: thinkprogress.org
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