re: #343 Dark_Falcon

Two problems with that idea:

1. It would take pressure off of Congress, since Congress might well accept the president imposing a solution, thereby allowing members of Congress to rail against an imperfect solution and thereby protect their purity.

2. It is no sure thing that the president would prevail before the Supreme Court, and because of that the yields on the Treasury Bonds issued without Congressional approval would have to be higher that such yields are currently.

Well the threat on the table is one thing, execution another. I happen to think SCOTUS would uphold the 14th, but anything is possible in court.