Comments on: 10 Other Wacky Scheme Obama Can Use to Handle Debt

By: 4of7

4of7 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:26:56 +0000

I don’t think the Fed is actually ‘printing’ the money to cover the debt because I see we still have trees around here that haven’t been turned into paper yet.
More likely they just keep adding another zero onto the end of their total of so-called assets.
Hooray! We have 10 times as much as we did before!
Maybe we should base our currency on the value of a pint of potable water, something with real value.

By: Iowa Jim

Iowa Jim — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:58:32 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk about Obama going around the debt ceiling by printing a trillion dollar coin as apparently the president has the authority to make coins.

In this obscure document called the US Constitution, it says “The Congress shall have power . . . To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin”. I probably shouldn’t be trusted on this, because I attended law school, but I’d say that that provision gives Congress, and not His Majesty King Obama the power to make coins. I think that the members of Congress should actually make the coins. It would be a new experience for most of them to do something useful.

By: Ernie Loco

Ernie Loco — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:46:31 +0000

To make even more money at the dunk tank, you could throw your own balls for $20 a ball or pay $100 a ball to have a pro baseball pitcher throw them for you.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:51:16 +0000

Print biodegradable, green money. Then, dig a big hole in the ground and pour all the green money in it. Cover the hole and watch the debt disappear while holding your nose.

Wait. That’s what I want to do to Washington. Never mind.

By: zzyzx

zzyzx — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:30:33 +0000

I like suggestion number two…after all he is a Kenyon.

By: FormerHostage

FormerHostage — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:21:29 +0000

Use a fake SSN when applying for international loans. Collect the money, then move and don’t leave a forwarding address.

By: KristenS

KristenS — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:48:00 +0000

@Skul– or a pie-in-the-face thing would be just as good, too.

By: DamnCat

DamnCat — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:14:57 +0000

Obama can create a national lottery then have the government buy up all the tickets. We can’t lose!

By: FredKey

FredKey — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:10:05 +0000

America DID die and we still have the debt.

AMERICA
7/4/1776 – 11/6/2012
“Nice Knowin’ Ya!”

By: Skul

Skul — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:07:37 +0000

Just one suggestion about the dunking tank.
Forego the little round target thing, and throw directly at the politicians.