This is brilliant!

I follow the news way too closely and have determined that the answer to our economic woes is to change the money. All coins should be square.

Think about it for a minute. First, someone would need to retool all the stuff (technical term there) to stamp coins. That equals JOBS!.

Someone would need to make the new gizmos that take coins to put in parking meters and soda machines and whatever else takes coins. That equals JOBS!.

Then all the machines that take coins would need to be retrofitted. That equals JOBS!.

If we change the demoninations of our coins -- maybe a 2 1/2 cent coin or a 32 cent coin, everyone would need reeducation to do the new math. That equals JOBS!.

Cash registers would need to be changed. That equals JOBS!.

If you're with me, send me all of your old coins. I'm just here to help you out.

Based on your observations I ate all of my coins. Come pick them up after processing.

Damn you GL! I am trying to save the country and you're making jokes.

Interesting. You would have to make new rolls for all the change and change all the coin banks as well. Might wanna make sure you kind of round off the coins though. A pocket full of sharp corners could be a bad thing.

MORE jobs, Greg! Kevlar pockets for all. Maybe even a old jeans buy back program?

It's all about JOBS.

True! You would even have to the change the coin holders that are designed for todays current coins.

Just heard another brilliant suggestion for the economy based on the Madoff scandal. Turns out all those investors who were getting 14% annual returns no matter what the market did? They had to pay taxes on those vaporous "profits"! So the obvious solution to our dilemma?

MORE PONZI SCHEMES!

OK forgive my ignorance, but what about minting more and more of the same old coins....you know, until we can all start spending again?

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Originally Posted by Lew

OK forgive my ignorance, but what about minting more and more of the same old coins....you know, until we can all start spending again?

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But what about JOBS? If we just make more coins, the same people will have the same JOBS!! We need MORE JOBS, so we need square coins...

Oh wait. Are you saying that if the economy was in better shape we'd all still be taking our coins to CoinStar at Kroger? (That's another JOB maker I forgot about.) Or that if the MSM quit calling doom and gloom we'd carry on as usual? I really want to know. Oh, and BTW, WHO is stopping you from spending? We have guns and ammo if you need them to get to a store, and I'd offer them, but since you are already known as a book thief, you're on your own.

(Hoarding my Euro and pounds and kroners for the day the dollar goes belly up. I'm guessing by mid-May.)

Oh crap she's been right about currency moves before! I gotta sell what little is left and hoard gold!