link I guess I'm going to have to rethink all my comments about the government's plans to get us out of the economic mess. Seems we can't even print worthless money fast enough anymore...
There's been a perfect storm of government incompetence since he's taken office some of it his fault some not, but there is an awful lot of it and more on the way. So we are in an Era of Total Incompotence. Obama's not the cause of it all he's a component.
As much as I like to rag on him, Obama's not really the cause of every problem so much as he's a symptom. Well, maybe only half the cause but you know what I mean here. If we weren't so gullible as a nation, we'd never have elected him. This specific thing isn't really his fault but it does kinda point in the direction of one of the real problems.
This bill design almost certainly began and was likely finalized before he came into office. This was a tech head flop, not a political one. Incompetence is the definition of gov't, this idiot just takes it to a further extreme than his predecessors.
There was something else in the news--the Black Panthers voter intimidation thing--that I was all set to tee Obama up for that, according to Fox, Bush was actually behind. Like 9/11, the preceding President set up this scenario--I mean the bills were designed on his watch--but someone from the Obama administration should've thought to have a look at a couple bills to make sure they were printing right before they printed oh, I don't know...1.1 billion of them. Yes, Obama probably isn't personally responsible for making sure the Bureau of Engraving does quality control, but hey, if he's got the time to make people eat salads and ban bake sales, you'd think he could check up on our money from time to time.
Since the nation is operating in the red, I think we should come up with a new denomination. Maybe a 3.5 dollar bill printed with red ink and Obama's mug on the front of it.
The obvious solution is to just release half the flawed bills "by accident" so they can become valuable collectors items.
That doesn't seem suprising. With as quickly as they have to print money to keep up with the President and the Congresses ridiculous spending, they are probably printing this stuff in minutes and do not have enough people to look at them before they go out.
If this doesn't scare the shit out of anyone that we're on our way to the Krakatoa of financial crashes, I don't know what will.
The Treasury Department could misprint some of all denominations and create a special Screwed Up Bills Disproof Set, and sell it for five hundred bucks. Maybe we'd make a profit out of this disaster. :santa_wink:
Well, apart from today being the 145th anniversary of the 13th Amendment making the "In Slaves We Trust" bit on the back a bit of a moot point.
Dude, you live in a crystal palace and drink vodka out of a plastic jug mixed with energy drinks. You're clearly on welfare.