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This is Democrat economics on display, Folks.
"There was this theory that I had the authority to issue through the mint this massive $1 trillion coin and on that basis we could try to pay off US Treasurys," Obama said. "It was a very realistic possibility that we couldn't get the votes for that and we couldn't get those debts rolled over and we would be in a situation where were technically in default. At that point you were in uncharted territory."
"There was this theory that I had the authority to issue through the mint this massive $1 trillion coin and on that basis we could try to pay off US Treasurys," Obama said. "It was a very realistic possibility that we couldn't get the votes for that and we couldn't get those debts rolled over and we would be in a situation where were technically in default. At that point you were in uncharted territory."
OBAMA: This was the scariest night of my presidency
President Obama said that the fight over the debt ceiling was the scariest night of his presidency and that he almost minted the trillion-dollar coin.
www.businessinsider.com