Vice President Joe Biden told a group of reporters yesterday that he was opposed to the “trillion dollar platinum coin” proposal recently floated by a few progressive economists. “It’s just not practical” said Biden. “I mean, the coin would have to be the size of a bus. What good is a coin the size of a bus; I mean, where could you spend it?” When his staff explained to him that the coin would not necessarily be any larger than most conventional coins, Biden remained opposed. “Look, if it’s the size of a regular coin and the President is carrying it around in his pocket, and he stops by Costco to buy some pies, the coin could fall out of his pocket and he might never even realize it. It’d be ‘Whoops, Bang!’ There goes another trillion dollars! Nope, it’s just not practical” said Biden.
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