Some economists are advocating that a single trillion dollar commemorative platinum coin be made and deposited in order to avoid a new government default if the debt limit is not raised in the next two months. (Seriously. No, seriously.) There are no design rules aside from the fact that the coin must be platinum.
Here are some proposed designs in case this coin gets minted.
I often use voice recognition software on my phone to take dictation when I have a cartoon idea. More often than not the software seems to have a much different sense of humor than I do. I thought I’d let the software have a crack at this one.
Turns out Ben Bernake just offhandedly came up with the term Fiscal Cliff. I imagined it as much more involved. Credit to “Hudsucker Proxy” for the visuals.
I have grown to resent this cartoon. I’ve done a little at a time over several nights and now it’s finally done. I don’t know if it’s clever or funny but I do know it’s done.
