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100 years from now Obama will be on a bill of some denomination. You can count on that.
I say put his face on the $1000 dollar bill so that when this mess he and the dems made blows up we can be reminded who casued it every time we try buy a loaf of bread
Must be a joke, ALL of the submissions are CRAP.
Please tell Pmitchell
what have the Dems to wreak the economy?
just start with your one favorite thing
I see them as having taken many of the same distasteful steps to kept the economy afloat that the Republicans would have had to take, taking a stab at healthcare reform(to bad the GOP made them water down to the mess that was approved) and making sure we can still have a US Auto Industry .
any way please tell us what your #1 issue is?
just one
Only in Uncle Dave’s wet dreams would this happen.
Like to propose Bush for the three dollar bill.
Put his face on the $10,000 bill. After the hyperinflation we’ll be burning them just to stay warm.
damn it #3 you beat me to it!
The national toilet paper should be printed with Dick Cheney’s face.
Doesn’t anyone who is on a piece of currency have to be dead first?
#12 Don’t go giving people ideas.
I consider the man to be a long legged mac daddy. The prince of lies. A total incompetent when it comes to national economics and worse.
A man willing to sell out everybody to get what he wants which I admit isn’t totally selfish but is totally delusional because unless you are God you _can’t_ pay for it.
The numbers are actually in and there is no way this nation can pay all the money for social safety nets that we are now obligated to pay for. Not even if you turn everybody other that government ticks into paupers because once they are paupers the cupboard is bare.
I still hope he dies of old age.
#5 runs with scissors
“making sure we can still have a US Auto Industry”
He sure saved Ford, right?
He didn’t save the US Auto industry he just paid off the UAW.
Next big gift item will be the Dream Act. Free collage if you vote Democrat. Bonus points for voting for Harry Reid.
#15
If GM and Chrysler had cease to exist , the Suppliers who were also in deep debt and not being paid by GM and Chrysler would likely fail too. They provide well over 2/3rds of the parts that make up GM, Chrysler, AND FORD cars, plus foreign owned brands.
Ford might have survived might not luckily we will never have to know could be that Ford fails and with the exit of viable parts Suppliers the foreign owned brands move a lot of there manufacturing out of the US. I’d take the political heat and save the US Auto Industry.
If McCain were in office the very similar bailout would probably have happened and the Dems would be trying to use it as a weapon for the midterms.
Sorry not even McCain would let that much of what is left of the US manufacturing base go under.
I bet if you were The Decider and had all the facts who would not have let them fail
Personally I’m looking forward to the day the US gov sells its GM stock but I hope they don’t do it to soon and not make back as much money as they could.
discloser I don’t even like GM cars ok I bought an Opel in the 70s but I don’t think that counts.
#4 oldfart “Must be a joke” A joke? The website clearly states: “it seems the only clear way to revive this global recession” Now that’s no joke.
#3 Pmitchell “put his face on the $1000 dollar bill…reminded who casued it every time we try buy a loaf of bread”
Are you kidding? I can’t carry that many thousand dollar bills!
I voted for the Lee Willet, Micah Perez, and Carlos Carrilo designs, hoping that Mr Willet’s designs are the official selections.
Which Obama is that? The original Obama or Obama #2?
50 cent dollar bill?
Why again do we need paper currency?
Why do we need to keep to outdated monetary exchange?
Most people are now using debit cards not cash or checks. In fact checks are now so unusual upon seeing them I have to remind myself there are still old farts that still have them.
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Back on topic:
If this were taken seriously, why would we even be considering paper? Coins last longer and are more easily identified by machines (not to mention easier for the blind).
#5
how about causing the highest rise in poverty in the history of the US in the last 2 years? How about adding more to the national debt in 2 years than all the presidents, Washington to Reagan combined?
# 21 Cursor_ said, “Why again do we need paper currency?”
How about because banks and merchants are starting to make it less convenient to use plastic.
How about because plastic automatically costs more because of bank charges, equipment costs, etc.
How about because ONLY with cash can you do anything privately? When was the last time you had to show a photo ID in order to use a $20 bill?
I suppose we could have a stamp with GW Bush’s likeness on it. Its denomination, no cents!
#24 Animby – just phoning it in said, “# 21 Cursor_ said, ‘Why again do we need paper currency?’
How about because banks and merchants are starting to make it less convenient to use plastic.
How about because plastic automatically costs more because of bank charges, equipment costs, etc.
How about because ONLY with cash can you do anything privately? When was the last time you had to show a photo ID in order to use a $20 bill?”
He meant they should make coins out of gold or silver so they hold their value in the physical medium of exchange.
#24
You don’t shop around for good deals do you?
I have had a check card for years and not paid a penny in charges unless I am dim-witted enough to use an ATM.
Never once do they ask for ID as the ID is in the card. I have no fear of what I buy and where. The so called establishment is far too busy wasting time on foolish things than to be tracking a purchase of razors, toothpaste and some TP.
#26
And no I was not talking about gold and silver. Those are antiquated garbage as well. Too heavy for what they are worth, spreaders of sickness. If you are going to carry barter goods than make them gems. Weight of an aspirin and worth more than gold in most cases.
Electronic currency is here and will only continue to dominate the markets. Bartering with hard currencies will become only for illegal transactions. And hey if you like that better bring a gun with you. You’ll need it when dealing with cash, gold and gems.
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#23
How did Obama cause the highest rise in poverty ?
The evidence shows he helped it from being even worse.
The rise in poverty is a consequence of the recession which was in play long before he took office. Thats like saying the Bush tax cuts caused the deficit.
Well we can’t count the money he has had to spend on 2 wars he did not start, I bet he would have loved to take Office with the country in the same state it was when Bush got the helm in 2001 those are the breaks
Yes he has spent a lot, cost of keeping the country from 1930s style depression If the Republicans were in the White House and just did nothing letting the country stay a tailspin then crash would you be as upset?
Uh, what happened to Martin Luther King..I thought he was the great national liberation leader, and sex fend adulterer,…instead you want to put a black Bush clone on the $100 bill,…….what a joke …he,he,ha,ha….maybe you should ask the Clintons..he,he,ha,ha
Whatever………………………………….
Traaxx
because it went up only in the last 2 years….you know the ones he’s been in office. Recession cause by the last 2 years that Bush was in office and Congress and the purse strings controlled by the Dems…any of that ring a bell.
Bush took the reigns and we were attacked on 9-11-01 which also caused a giant crash. Bush however quickly pulled us out of that tailspin. Obama has simply mashed the throttle to the floor
#31
You have a very narrow view of how things work, and give Obama way to much credit. A lot of this is just the end result of the natural cycle of Capitalism. Every now and then we need to add new checks on rampant greed to keep Capitalism humane. Not to worry rampant greed will soon find away around them and ”
When we get to the bottom
we go back to the top of the slide
Where we stop and turn
and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and we see you again
Yeah, yeah, yeah”
Give him time to morph that $100 bill to a $10 bill and then put him on it. It’ll be a tribute to his Presidennzy.