MTFCers also oughta think about the political implications of getting what they want. I don’t doubt their legal analysis, but it’s so much like ‘there’s no rule saying a pig can’t enter this sheepdog competition!’ that some’ll see it as a ‘loophole’ - and then move to close it.
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It can be both true that a) a trillion dollar coin is perfectly legal and constitutional, and that b) it’s not what anyone in Congress intended or had in mind. Why are people confident that a) will carry the day over b)?
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Because they know everyone involved is only acting for the ability to posture later about what they did. Come up with some nonsense that seems like a conclusion and everyone goes away happy and writes their fund raising pitches.
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