>>>http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/18/business/fed.php
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>>>"...a tactic that amounts to creating vast new sums of money out of thin air."
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>>>how much more money can we print?
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>>Depends on how much would Disney Corp charge for image of Mickey Mouse on the $2384 bill (hey, got to adjust for inflation!).
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>>They're printing funny money ever since they declared that gold base isn't needed anymore. BTW, what happened with the Fort Knox gold - who was the last guy to see it? The crew of Goldfinger?
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>Why isn't the U.S. receiving payment for the use of the term 'dollar' to denote the standard currency? We had it first. Seems like a copyright issue to me...hey maybe we can pay off the debt! :o) Oh wait a minute, 'dollar' existed in Scotland and even England before that so perhaps they would end up with the monies....hmmmm, better scratch that idea..... :o)

And then there were various predecessors called Talier... I guess there weren't too many original ideas in the genre anyway. Look at the Roman money - LSD (libri, solidi, denarii), from which you have pounds (abbr: lb or the pound sign which resembles a L more than a P), shillings (what shills do), and dinars - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinar shows which countries use(d) it.