$1 Trillion Platinum Coin: Fighting Stupid with Silly

We’ve crossed over into Bizarro Wonk World, where the nonsensical is clever and crazy is sane. Maybe it was bound to happen given the state of our politics and the string of artificial crises we’ve staggered through, but the notion of another showdown about the debt ceiling has taken the discussion about our fiscal policy to the level of the absurd. Exhibit A is the growing chatter on the internet and from TV talking heads about the Treasury minting a trillion dollar platinum coin to avoid a debt-ceiling debacle.