Recent stuff:
1. #ECASHAct - https://ecashact.us
2. #STABLEAct - https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8827/BILLS-116hr8827ih.pdf
3. #ABCAct / #MintTheCoin - https://mintthecoin.org
4. #PublicBankingAct - https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8721/BILLS-116hr8721ih.pdf
RT @mucha_carlos@twitter.com
@CarlitosMMT@twitter.com @rohangrey@twitter.com @BobMurphyEcon@twitter.com @GeorgeSelgin@twitter.com That would be an incredibly Orwellian argument. Once you acknowledge the statutory authority Congress gave the Tsy Secretary, “force” has nothing do with it, the legal term is “supervision and control”.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mucha_carlos/status/1619567748849487872
RT @mucha_carlos@twitter.com
@rohangrey@twitter.com @BobMurphyEcon@twitter.com @GeorgeSelgin@twitter.com Yeah, it’s not even a unitary executive theory constitutional issue where a statute makes an agency independent of the Executive Branch. The statute (Federal Reserve Act) actually gives Secretary “supervision and control” over the Fed when their respective powers conflict.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mucha_carlos/status/1619541545233027072
RT @MaxKennerly@twitter.com
@rohangrey@twitter.com @mucha_carlos@twitter.com @BobMurphyEcon@twitter.com @GeorgeSelgin@twitter.com Indeed. If the Fed has an independent power to determine what is and isn't legal tender coming from Treasury, then it can reject anything, not just the platinum coin. It could tell the Treasury that cash, t-bills, and t-bonds are invalid.
That's obviously wrong.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MaxKennerly/status/1619540794351972352
RT @mucha_carlos@twitter.com
@BobMurphyEcon@twitter.com @GeorgeSelgin@twitter.com @rohangrey@twitter.com Hmm, the Fed’s refusal to accept the Coin sounds like the Secretary’s power to mint coins and manage the public debt would be in conflict with the Federal Reserve’s power to accept for deposit lawful money. I wonder how the Federal Reserve Act resolves conflicts of this sort?
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mucha_carlos/status/1619536344400945152
No sign of stopping yet
RT @THR@twitter.com
'Avatar 2' Flies Past 'Star Wars: Force Awakens' at Global Box Office, No. 4 Pic of All Time
http://thr.cm/mO7tjXG
RT @TheStalwart@twitter.com
Tell me you’ve never read 31 U.S. Code § 5112 (k) without telling me you’ve never read 31 U.S. Code § 5112 (k) https://twitter.com/alanbwt/status/1619362997088186369
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1619365189895454721
RT @ChaseMadar@twitter.com
I’m not an accelerationist about many things but the tanking of the Supreme Court’s reputation is good as it sets the stage for shrinking the power of an institution that has been a reactionary force for most of U.S. history https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2023/01/28/supreme-court-leak-abortion-ethics-ginni-thomas/11123899002/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ChaseMadar/status/1619430978765656066
RT @tymoignee@twitter.com
Just noted that my reply to Drumetz and Pfister is out and available in free access.
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/ejeep/aop/article-10.4337-ejeep.2022.0092/article-10.4337-ejeep.2022.0092.xml
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tymoignee/status/1618969886734299136
Lol the bloody Republicans are being more honest about the constitutional dynamics here than the Democrats.
Has it really come to this jfc
RT @BrendanPedersen@twitter.com
House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) told me he's not convinced a true debt ceiling default is possible under the Constitution and that the Treasury Department would step in to pay U.S. creditors.
More in @PunchbowlNews@twitter.com AM w/ @bresreports@twitter.com:
https://punchbowl.news/archive/12723-punchbowl-news-am/card/8/#group-8
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BrendanPedersen/status/1618970257850531841
RT @demandprogress@twitter.com
This morning, we sent a letter w/ ~40 groups to the White House calling for any replacements to @superwuster@twitter.com at the NEC have similar track records & a history of demonstrating firm commitments to anti-monopoly policy.
The letter:
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/demandprogress/status/1619016709133959168
RT @khaslett@twitter.com
So liquidity is 🔥 right now and a lot of attention is focused on the FHLB, which is fair. But I've been sleeping on the Fed Discount Window, which is often the like... big scary alternative to the more-acceptable FHLB.
RT @krishnanrohit@twitter.com
I also like that we're bringing seigniorage back.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit/status/1619061995797618693
RT @revolvingdoorDC@twitter.com
NEW: Jeffrey Zients' private sector record is the key to understanding who he is...and his record in public and private life should raise a lot of alarm bells.
Our @MaxMoranHi@twitter.com examines the history of the next White House Chief of Staff for @TheProspect@twitter.com.
https://prospect.org/power/2023-01-27-myth-of-jeffrey-zients/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/revolvingdoorDC/status/1618976030089428992
RT @TheStalwart@twitter.com
The GOP has exactly 0 leverage when it comes to the debt ceiling. It's going to be 6 months of generating headlines of what spending they want to cut.
And then in the end, the best they can hope for is that Treasury switches from financing via UST to financing via coinage.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1619058317036331008
RT @SamuelAAdams@twitter.com
what is this, a crossover episode https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/george-santos-ftx-executives-donations-17746642.php
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SamuelAAdams/status/1619067190682214409
RT @_TimBarker@twitter.com
NY Fed chair to FOMC, 10/99: "If we continue to talk about tight labor markets as if that is a truly evil phenomenon, we are going to convince the American people that what we believe in is not price stability but an income distribution that goes against working people"
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_TimBarker/status/1619110377572401152
https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1619110693026025472
RT @TheStalwart@twitter.com
RT if you’re also low-key nervous about Powell’s answer next week to the inevitable coin question.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1619110693026025472
RT @NathanTankus@twitter.com
@TheStalwart@twitter.com @patio11@twitter.com Former payments system guy at the Federal Reserve Board made a somewhat similar point, except focusing on the appropriations process.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/files/jack-k-walton-interview-20090209.pdf
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NathanTankus/status/1618653963280322560
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