Beat 360° 3/26/09
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Mark Bowen loosens a stack of one dollar bills on a vibrating table before they are cut into singles at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on March 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Government worker makes sure the stacks are neat and orderly hoping to persuade the Chinese government that they still have value.
I'll pass on the buck,but this vibrating table is awesome!
One dollar each for the 15 AIG fat cats to wipe their sorry tears after returning the bonuses and the 16th dollar for a bus ride home....ouch!!
Heck with saving for a rainy day these will make swell umbrellas Afterall a dollar doesn't go that far anyway.
Rich people got to have it. Poor people really need it. Ah, listen to me ya'll. Do thangs, do thangs, do thangs, Madoff thangs with it!
Here`s a flood of a different kind to that in Fargo.
Ok, then. Um...I never was any good at directions; arithmetic or pizza math?
While Mr. President make chat with internet user for explain the new economic measures, here I am printing, printing, printing ...
Mr. Whipple gets ready to squeeze the "new" charmin
Despite a decline in U.S. manufacturing jobs, Mark Bowen is proud to help manufacture the United States' biggest export.
David L., San Franicsco, CA
Who's ready to go to the strip club?
Bernie Madoff's wallpaper
george you never looked better
It`s too good to be true...I can`t take my eyes off of you !
you need more of that to match aig
I'll take just a few sheets in case I run out of toliet paper...
The government getting ready for their annual liars-poker tournament.
Is it even worth the cotton it is printed on?
Bowen presents his plan for new jobs which will employ many people brandishing sharp scissors.
Next week I get to play with the 5's...
george you never looed better
"Recession-I don't see no stinkin' recession." The last thoughts Tommy had before waking up shackled in federal prison.
In this economy, it's no longer "who wants to be a millionaire," it's more like "who wants to be a hundred-naire?"
... Introducing the new design for The Quicker Picker Upper... anybody got any nasty spills that need sopping up?
Mr. Geithner has orders from his superior to keep the presses running 24/7, I'm just doin my job.
If we stack all the money Obama has spent in the last 65 days, it would be a pile of these reaching Jupiter.
Mark wonders why we keep making these when it costs more than a dollar to print a dollar – not printing money could actually SAVE money. Concept definitely won't fly in the U.S.!!!
Spend all you want, we’ll print more.
What is this???? no ink on the back sides.....Dah, I get it! Government maneuver to save on the cost of ink, printing out more bills than we can afford.
Diane McKinnon
Iron Mountain MI
For Gods sake am I supposed to cut apart my own bail out or what?
Fed up with the rising cost of government bathroom tissue, a cost saving solution pops into Eddy's mind.
trouble is by the time we pay for ink, paper, and goverment wages these things may as well say CHARMIN... dont forget to flush !
The morning paper for AIG Executives. "The AIG Times"
Who needs toilet paper?
Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA
In this economy, it's all about the Washingtons.
Bailout for one, bailout for another ... and only increases my work!
Oops, I print the shipment of wrong notes!
Is it TARP Money? Is it the Stimulus Package? Is it a bailout? Oh wait! Its just the WORTHLESS dollar bill!!
Mr. Bowen seems to be taking the advice to 'stretch your dollars' a bit to literally.
I hope there are some Benjamin Franklin's in that stack or you better plan on working a lot of overtime
Funny, these look like they've shrunk since the last time I printed them.
At last Bernie Madoff's pedicure money is found!
New Orleans area
It 's time to make the donuts!!!
Ah, dollar ... lately, you are being so mistreated!
Mr. Madoff, executives of AIG ...
Face value: One dollar
Nominal value: Paper + green ink
Real value: Worth-less
Future value: Worthless
Printed especially for Wall Street: It comes with a bonus! The bills have the same feel as Monopoly money, giving them a real sense of security and confidence to invest wisely in order to win back main street!
If you actually look close George Washington is crying, sobbing "Its a sad day in America."
Ah, dollar ... have you had your figure!
Efforts to reconcile temporary pay cuts backfire when New York Times employee overpays himself after printing ten pages of $1 bills
Now we know where Bernie Madoff hid the stolen money...in his linen closets!!
Marks holds a surviving piece of Bernie Madoff's bed comforter.