My brilliant idea

[Egbert]

By the way, if we assume a billion dollars a year net to the federal government from this, and that it would be rebated as a flat percentage of the federal income taxes paid, it would represent ~100$ a year to my family.

Handling money with some pictures of children enjoying Coke on it seems worth it to me...

Fair enough, your value judgement.
I wouldn't think it was worth it to me, my value judgement.

[KrazyHorse]

Thanks very much, you twit. I was not aware that Visa and American Express were not federal agencies...

[KrazyHorse]

Fair enough, your value judgement.
I wouldn't think it was worth it to me, my value judgement.

I'd be happy to let people who want only "clean" bills be charged a small surtax for the privilege.

(Say, point of sale, half a percent)

[Egbert]

you twit

1. Are you feeling better now ?
2. I assumed you were aware that Visa and Amex were not federal agencies. I was implying that it may be appropriate for them but not for the government issued bank notes.

[KrazyHorse]

1) I wasn't feeling bad to start with, twit. I just like calling twits twits.
2) Instead of simply stating a fact then (that my credit card companies aren't agents of the federal government), you should explain why you believe it is less dignified to use a means of exchange issued by a private company with advertising on it compared to a means of exchange issued by a government with advertising on it.

[Egbert]

1) I wasn't feeling bad to start with, twit. I just like calling twits twits.
2) Instead of simply stating a fact then (that my credit card companies aren't agents of the federal government), you should explain why you believe it is less dignified to use a means of exchange issued by a private company with advertising on it compared to a means of exchange issued by a government with advertising on it.

1. It is clear that you get your jollies insulting others. You should get help.
2. I suggested that cards are not government issue. I did not think it required much intelligence, given the context, that I was inferring they should be treated differently. I think you have conjured up an imaginary insult. I have already made it clear in a previous thread that I feel pity for you and I have no interest in a childish exchange of insults with you.

[Wiglaf]

I could be way off base here but I think dollar bills AND ESPECIALLY COINS should be eliminated entirely in favor of cards, this would make getting sodas at vending machines easier as well. Blowjobs would be harder to get but maybe you could simply trade some sodas for them.

[KrazyHorse]

1) Why do I need help? Insulting those with boring, badly-reasoned opinions is the only way I can motivate myself to even read what they write
2) You utter twit, I was well aware what opinion you were expressing. I am explaining to you that it is insufficient to simply refer indirectly to one patently obvious predicate of this opinion (that credit card companies are not agents of the federal government, while the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury are) as justification for this rejection.

[KrazyHorse]

This was a DP, but I will use the space to express once more my opinion that the twit from Australia lives up to his username

[MRT144]

Instead of deifying dead presidents, why doesn't the US auction off the rights to place advertisements on its currency (for a set number of bills of a given suite of denominations in a given year, say)?

McDonald's could advertise on the dollar bill (come into McDonald's and trade this for one of the 8 delicious items on our dollar value menu). The hundred could advertise Cristal and BMWs...

Great idea.

[KrazyHorse]

I could be way off base here but I think dollar bills AND ESPECIALLY COINS should be eliminated entirely in favor of cards, this would make getting sodas at vending machines easier as well. Blowjobs would be harder to get but maybe you could simply trade some sodas for them.

All the machines at my work already TAKE CARDS.

It's only when I try to purchase sodas from public machines (which I DON'T, because I DON'T WANT SALMONELLA OR CHOLERA) that I require bills and coins.

[Egbert]

1) Why do I need help? Insulting those with boring, badly-reasoned opinions is the only way I can motivate myself to even read what they write

You feel that you need to be motivated to read boring, badly reasoned opinions?
Insulting people is the source of that motivation?

And you ask why you need help?

[KrazyHorse]

I take this as an admission that despite an hour of maneuvering you still haven't managed to formulate a rational defense for your opinion.

[KrazyHorse]

Great idea.

It's a ****ing free lunch

[Egbert]

I take this as an admission that despite an hour of maneuvering you still haven't managed to formulate a rational defense for your opinion.

No, you should take it is an admission that I think you need help.