Get ready for at least 10 posts berating your intelligence for even suggesting an improvement to our money.
Basically, the reason it hasn't changed are:
1. "It's good enough" (it could be better, but its true that its plenty good enough).
2. It would be a political disaster to suggest it. It would come off as a politician saying we should be more "European" or "International", which is political folly in a inwards-looking, arrogant culture like our own.
Basically, the reason it hasn't changed are:
1. "It's good enough" (it could be better, but its true that its plenty good enough).
2. It would be a political disaster to suggest it. It would come off as a politician saying we should be more "European" or "International", which is political folly in a inwards-looking, arrogant culture like our own.
Angus...I couldn't agree more,different value different color....but tell me with that logic why is it you lefties must have a "color code" when it comes to people,when we are all equel you ask for color like any goverment questionaire
RACE: White... Black... Native American... Spanish... Asian... 3$ Bill... Other.
RACE: White... Black... Native American... Spanish... Asian... 3$ Bill... Other.
Even in the early nineties there were fears that new sophisticated readily available photocopiers/computer scanners & printers could produce pretty good forgeries if the right paper was used.
The thing is, US currency is all over the world, and is readily/instantly tradeable.
Its not a secure currency, its THE secure currency.
From $1 for a bag of avocadoes in Honduras, to $3000 for a high-tech gadget in Oman or Japan or wherever.
If you travel to a lot of different places, you eventually get fed up with the local crap and just carry a wedge of greenbacks.
Even in places like Japan and Australia, out would come the calculator, poke poke poke, that'll do nicely sir.
Recalling this cash would also open up the possibility of people trading cash USD (at a discount) for cash Euros, especially in third world countries and places where the authorities need to be avoided.
So cash euros might gain a significant foothold.
If the Federal Reserve recalled all this floating cash wealth around the world it would be a nightmare, especially for those who didn't want the authorities to know about their USD nestegg.
Was Saddam caught with a bag of Dinars from a middle eastern country?
Don't think so. The local toilet paper is for the peasants.
Osama and Kim Jong-il will also have holdalls filled with wedges of Uncle Sams finest filthy lucre.
The thing is, US currency is all over the world, and is readily/instantly tradeable.
Its not a secure currency, its THE secure currency.
From $1 for a bag of avocadoes in Honduras, to $3000 for a high-tech gadget in Oman or Japan or wherever.
If you travel to a lot of different places, you eventually get fed up with the local crap and just carry a wedge of greenbacks.
Even in places like Japan and Australia, out would come the calculator, poke poke poke, that'll do nicely sir.
Recalling this cash would also open up the possibility of people trading cash USD (at a discount) for cash Euros, especially in third world countries and places where the authorities need to be avoided.
So cash euros might gain a significant foothold.
If the Federal Reserve recalled all this floating cash wealth around the world it would be a nightmare, especially for those who didn't want the authorities to know about their USD nestegg.
Was Saddam caught with a bag of Dinars from a middle eastern country?
Don't think so. The local toilet paper is for the peasants.
Osama and Kim Jong-il will also have holdalls filled with wedges of Uncle Sams finest filthy lucre.
Hey Moneybags . . . thanks for the tip guy, but Xpanda is right - all those dead, white-haired prime minster guys look identical as do the celebrity mansions you put on the backs. I guess I'm just lazy and don't want to sift through the like 12 bills I get back every time I buy so much as a pack of gum. It would be so much better to just glance down and say, "2 green, 3 purple, 4 blue, and 3 orange - great I didn't get stiffed". Also, when will you clue in and replace your 1 dollar bill with a coin? Sooooo much better . . . you could also use a $2 coin or bill that actually circulates instead of just sitting in a museum somewhere.... don't bother to thank me, just lobby your local government representative . . .
Angus,
Just ask and you can get a $2 bill at the bank. We have many kinds of dollar coins but one of the two main ones in circulation that we have looks like a quarter so I know you'll be pissed about that. I would post pictures but I went to treas.gov and they didn't have pictures (probably didn't want to give counterfeiters a leg up) and I damn sure ain't going to scan any. The only thing I can say is to look at the Arabic numerals, my friend. If you're lazy then have them count it back to you. The best images I could find are these:
American History 101 will help you distinguish those "celebrity mansions" i.e. Monticello, the White House, etc. from one another. Other options include credit cards, traveler's cheques or personal checks. I don't carry much cash anymore except when people sell me stuff to support their kid's baseball team.
They all come at once like vultures. Heaven forbid that they should spread it out over the course of the year.
Xpanda,
An inebriated person will always have trouble with complex transactions (citizens and non-citizens alike).
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> The Biggest Problem with the U.S. Today . . .
Greed/selfishness <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well said.
I'll close this long post with some ancient words of wisdom: A fool and his money are soon parted.
Just ask and you can get a $2 bill at the bank. We have many kinds of dollar coins but one of the two main ones in circulation that we have looks like a quarter so I know you'll be pissed about that. I would post pictures but I went to treas.gov and they didn't have pictures (probably didn't want to give counterfeiters a leg up) and I damn sure ain't going to scan any. The only thing I can say is to look at the Arabic numerals, my friend. If you're lazy then have them count it back to you. The best images I could find are these:
American History 101 will help you distinguish those "celebrity mansions" i.e. Monticello, the White House, etc. from one another. Other options include credit cards, traveler's cheques or personal checks. I don't carry much cash anymore except when people sell me stuff to support their kid's baseball team.
Xpanda,
An inebriated person will always have trouble with complex transactions (citizens and non-citizens alike).
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> The Biggest Problem with the U.S. Today . . .
Greed/selfishness <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well said.
I'll close this long post with some ancient words of wisdom: A fool and his money are soon parted.
