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CommentRe:PENNIES and NICKELS too EXPENSIVE to MINT (Score 1)509

>> Bring back the larger denominations.

$5 $10 $50 coins would be a good start. Coins also have advantage of being put into circulation as fiat instead of debt, unlike paper money which we loan to ourselves and then pay interest on the paper we just printed. While it sounds insane the Dems could latch on to this financial game which empowers banksters

CommentRe:False negatives too (Score 1)14

I always opt out. Only once have I had an issue and I quickly told the guy to call the police because he is violating my right to travel. Two supervisors later the guy was told to let me through and I hadn't even shown ID. They never did call police.

In recent years I twice misplaced my wallet and ID, and I sailed through. Travel within USA does not require an ID because travel is a right. TSA website even says it. "TSA recommends individuals without acceptable identification arrive at least three hours in advance of their flight time." https://www.tsa.gov/travel/sec...

CommentRe:As I recall (Score 1)31

>> sell their 10 year 0.5% interest bond at a steep discount

The bonds were already discounted on the open market. Banking regulator Federal Reserve allows banks to account at face value rather than market value on the flawed presumption the bonds will be held to maturity. The open market price was simply realized when they were forced to sell. Federal Reserve allows the magic accounting, so banks use it to compete with their peer banks. Also, CEO Greg Becker was a director at S.F. branch of Federal Reserve, which is the regulator and would appear to be a conflict of interest.
https://www.reuters.com/market...

CommentRe: Whiplash (Score 1)206

>> The solution is to write the important ideas into law. The programs and spending were wrote into Congressional bills and Biden signed into law. That is how it works in USA. Biden's implementation of the funded programs was unsuccessful.

CommentRe: Ownership versus Socialization (Score 1)346

Some roads are government owned. Some roads are privately owned.

I live in a town in USA that has every "road" privately owned (part of land plot with reciprocal easement to every other landowner in town). Zero parking problems because it is all private property. The town uses tax funds to maintain the "roads".

CommentRe: Sabotage (Score 0)99

Here are a few, and there are plenty more.
Push most everything to the States, other than what is specifically authorized in Constitution for the feds - like border defense. Delete CIA. Cut overseas military bases in ~half. Resign from NATO.
Sell federal holdings such as offices outside D.C. Give much of massive federal land holdings in western States to each State, or sell it off.
Delete export-import bank.
Enforce anti-trust law against medical system. Delete authority of AMA to control medical doctor licensing.
Let the States, as ruled by local voters, figure it out or go bankrupt.
beyond a few square miles of Congress and White House, give D.C. territory to neighboring States.

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