re: Trillion Dollar Coin Idea - Why Doesn't This Make Sense in My Head?

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I guess I'm just confused about why this is something unique, or clever, or whatever supporters are calling it.

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As for this, the net debt level of the U.S. government would be reduced by $1 trillion, thereby getting around the need to raise the debt ceiling. That's the whole point, right? It's intended to just be a legal technicality in which the coin is never actually used, although as legal tender, it potentially could be used.