because the life of a bill -- is not very long...   in short order -- the new bills will compose 90% of what is in circulation...then soon 100%.   They will, at least for a while, only have to concentrate on old style bills to check for fraud.

STOP IT!   Just f**king stop already!   Whether on Cigarettes, Tires or snowshoes -- You've got to stop stealing our money from us!  (Taxation just SOUNDS better than out and out theft).   Just because government types have made smoking the crime of the century -- Obama thinks he can slide this through beca...more

At a certain point, it is hard to understand why even the most die-hard liberals cannot see through this marquerade called the "Obama plan to destroy America."   On the surface, it may be understandable, that the have-nots and do-nothing liberal types would be cheering in the streets at this President's policies th...more

Good point...   Yes, heavier passengers should pay more -- but, you are right -- if the Airlines just charge more -- and the overweight person is still squishing over into other's seats -- there is no benefit for the non-overweight.   As first class seats are much larger and wider -- one solution could be, that...more

Of course they should pay more...   If you think of it in terms of simply shipping a package...   Does UPS, Fed Ex, or the Post Office, charge the same shipping rate for a 100 pound package as for a 300 pound one?   No moral judgement here -- it's just straight economics.    300 pounds costs more to sh...more

Why the rise in Food stamps -- as well as disability?   Gee -- what exactly occured about the same time as this incredible "need" to be on the public dole increased to astranomical proportions?   Hmmm...   Can anyone think of anything?   Ok -- you can go to the head of the class...   Is there any be...more

And,   Speaking of the advice in this piece that larger corporations should keep their political leanings out of public view --   perhaps MSN would be well served to follow that advice as well.   If you expect to have any reputation at all as an unbiased news organization -- I think you would be well served...more

Oh come on, Tina,   Much like proper spelling on these forum sites...Preparation is over-rated anyway...   Call your BFF, Amy, and... At least discuss it over...say...a quart of Tequila and a couple of dirty shot glasses.   Trust me. Halfway through a quart of Patron’ -- and -- it will seem like a perfectly...more

As to the Fed "not having much choice in the wake of a financial meltdown" -- there, in this one sentence, is the lie... and the catalyst for the 'invented' and now 'necessary'... solution.   If you start with the wrong premise -- one will always come to the wrong answer.   We tend to speak of the "financial me...more