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Greenbacks No More
Chacham writes "The Financial Times has an article about the US adding colors to some denominations of US currency. Apparently, with both size and color the same, foreigners have a hard time differenciating between the bills.I still haven't gotten used to the larger pictures. And now this? As Kermit the frog sang, It's not easy being green." The Federal Reserve has a press release. At least there's no mention of RFID tags.
When it comes down to it, the US has some of the ugliest money in the world. Every bit of currency from other countries that I've seen has been colorful, and interesting to look at. The US? Well, ugly green. Always and forever.
Perhaps you can evaluate a society by how artistic their currency is. The US is probably on the bottom rung of how interesting the money is. Hmm, yes, sounds like how interesting the culture is, also.
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Either you are a) using low amounts of bills so it is not an issue or b) you are using a lot of bills so you damn well better pay attention to what you are handling??? Right now US currency is one of the few non-retarded cash systems out there. The Simpsons summed it up perfectly this Wednesday:
"Look at all that pink and purple."
"Our money sure is gay."
To: Federal Reserve
Re: US Currency
Don't be Gay.
What is music when you despise all sound?
"Apparently, with both size and color the same,
foreigners have a hard time differenciating between the bills."
And, U.S. residents DON'T have difficulty?
Give me a break!
More evidence of U.S. arrogance,
Thanks in advance,
A U.S. resident and citizen of the United States
and another country.
Who gives a fuck what foreigners think about MY money? I could care less if some visitor can't figure it out on their own... Just ask someone, they'll tell you, just like I did on the streets of Manhattan 2 weeks ago. Good God, why don't Americans worry about American issues...oh that's right it's not politically correct to be concerned about your own country.
all I want is for the "big bills" (for me thats anything over a 20 dollar bill) to be Pink so I know what to grab from people and not waste time on those smaller notes :)
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For all you people bitching about not wanting the greenbacks changed in color, why don't you try a little something that might open you eyes a little, such as GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, i'm sure that some of you have gone to other countries and still perfer the greenbacks, but there are some posts in here that just radiate stupidity and almost blatantly say that they've never even seen a forein bill besides the occasional canadian penny that slips through every now and then. just because you are used to something doesnt mean that a small change is gonning to be bad. Yes, this is a troll, but lets face it, some of you are painfully ignorant and need to die
...to usher in an Orwellian cashless society where you have to get scanned with a chip implanted in your body to buy or sell anything. Where a police state has total surveillance over everything you do, everywhere you go, everything you buy. This is a sign the globalists are taking the first step, which is to demonize and phase out cash by "ghettoizing" it.
It speaks volumes about our (Americans') culture and attitude towards the rest of the world
There's a lot of good reasons for the French to adopt English as their primary language. It speaks volumes about their culture that they stubbornly refuse to comply.
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Yes, yes, you're right. I suppose we should take into account more foreign opinion on our money considering it's the most relied-upon cash in the world.
You know what the official national currency of Libya is? The American Dollar. Most businesses in poorer nations (q.v. Russia) would probably prefer dollars to their own currency as well.
Seems to me we're doing the rest of the globe a favor by making the dollar stable, let alone making it easier for them to read.
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Frankly, I don't care if innumerate foreigners have trouble distinguishing which bill is which. It's good for our economy. If they want to leave a $92 tip on a $8 meal, who are we to complain? And if they don't pay enough, the cashier will tell them.
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Maybe they can take the opportunity to remove the ridiculous and unconstitutional "In God We Trust" motto that has plagued the notes since 1957.
Everyone knows that damage is done to the soul by bad motion pictures. -Pope Pius XI
WHY make it easier for stupid people?
Because AMERICANS are STUPID!!!
Foreigners are just a bunch of stupid people anyway. If they can't understand what 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 mean, they shouldn't be allowed into this country in the first place.
Have a hard time differenciating between the bills... What kind of lame-brain dumb motherfscker has a hard time differentiating between bills that have the gosh-flippin amounts written all over both freakin' sides?!?!??!!?!?
No need to unfold it to find the silly number, and no need to make sure that there isn't an extra '0' after the '5'.
If determining whether a number is alone or beside another number is too hard for you, then you should not be handling money.