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Take Obama and FDR off the bills and I'll be content.
Other than that I do like the design.
i like the idea of not including politicians on most of our bills. plus the colors look kinda cool.
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If you want to laugh....
How much more "old and boring" bills do we need to print in order to pay for the making of "new and beautiful" ones?
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Student:i like the idea of not including politicians on most of our bills.
Why? Politicians are key to the fiat monetary system. Why shouldn't they be 'honored' this way?
I think it is entirely appropriate for Wilson (not shown), FDR, Obama and all the rest of them to appear on the FRN's. Men such as these created and 'saved' the system, we should see their faces on the notes in order to remember who is responsible.
"The market is a process." - Ludwig von Mises, as related by Israel Kirzner. "Capital formation is a beautiful thing" - Chloe732.
Indeed, Hamilton's face on the ten dollar bill is quite humorous.
If they made this change it seems I'd be able to keep pictures of ALL of my most hated nemises in my pocket, to be reminded of them every day...
Goody.
@Sieben: I'm sorry, is that link an intentional joke? Because I'm having a really hard time taking it seriously if that's what the ACTUAL dollar redesigners are saying as justification.
Anybody remember this?
http://blog.mises.org/12679/the-murphy-dollar/
Why shouldn't they be 'honored' this way?
Hahaha. I was going to make a joke about them being on there because of their free market stances (sarcastic) until I saw that post. I would love to see their faces go down with the dollar bill due to inflation/etc. But not necessary the dollar bill because I would lose all of my money. The symbolism would be exquisite, though.
I guess they think that the dollar will be worth more because it's more colorful.
Wait... am I the only one who carries around pictures of statists in my wallet all day?
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." - H.L. Mencken.
Here's the real future design - soon available in handy 12 roll packs - while a little larger than the old design, the new bills offer increased security, convenience, and a squeezably soft new paper!
We are the soldiers for righteousnessAnd we are not sent here by the politicians you drink with - L. Dube, rip
On an aesthetic level I like the blue-green design. The others seem too cluttered or more befitting a webpage than currency. It might just be me, but I am of the opinion that the colors used in a certificate should be uniform through out the denominations.
@ bbnet:
At least the dollar would once again be a commodity money. I do like this design the best, except Ben Franklin does not deserve the honor. The portrait should be that of Ben Bernanke.
From a usability perspective there's a pretty good argument for the "rainbow" currency: The more different they are, the easier it is to tell them apart. You can tell the difference between blue and red far more quickly and more surely than you can tell the difference between Washington and Lincoln's faces.
They should be focusing on designing higher denominations. No one is going to use these small bills in a few years during hyperinflation. What will the $10 billion note look like?
Just make the printing press's computer scan google images for internet memes and continually make bigger denominations with whatever it finds.
I look forward to the 10^10^10 bill with Hitler on it.
Statists? What? I'm talking about that thrice-damned eagle on the fifty. That jerk haunts me everywhere I go, plotting new ways to make my life a bit more miserable. I have a sneaking suspicion he's in league with my other nemisis, Jetpack Hitler.
boniek:
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When you look at the genius of some of these graphic designs compared to the drab, pseudo-utilitarian ugliness of the Dept. of Treasury's designs, you realize that this Dollar Redesign project only serves to make our point. What is needed is currency competition. Unfortunately, I doubt anyone at the Dollar Redesign project could actually fit that thought inside their otherwise very creative heads.
Clayton -
One point about radically redesigning the currency -- the unfamiliarity reduces the public's reverence, helping them understand that the pieces of paper in their wallets have no value beyond that bestowed on them by the govt.
The effect is also subconscious, which is why redesigns to the US dollar are always subtle. If dollars were suddenly printed in psychedelic colors, the value would drop. There'd be big problems with counterfeiting too, but that's another story.
Perhaps we should produce a currency that reacts with air and spontaneously ignites.
That would solve the inflation problem.
Crazy thought, how about an "invisible paper" currency? The government could tax us all they want, spend all they want, and everybody else could trade in popular mediums of exchanges like gold.
Zimbabwe did print theirs with expiry dates for a while.