January 21, 2008
Change for the better
Twenty-six years after Ronald Reagan first set his controversial fiscal policies into motion, the deceased president's massive tax cuts for the ultrarich at last trickled all the way down to deliver their bounty, in the form of a $10 bonus, to Hazelwood, MO car-wash attendant Frank Kellener
(From the side bar of the source above, see also: Promoting racial equality in central Florida)
$1,000,000 in change @ Penny Harvest in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
The New Bush Coin
Update: Paul Krugman on Reaganomics today at The NYT Blog
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November 23, 2007
Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears
If I Ever Got To Be Really Really Rich Here's One Of The Things I'd Want To Do. (Sounds like Jack Handey)
Washington, DC on $85 a Day. The US $5, $10, $20 and $50 notes feature the Lincoln Memorial, US Treasury, White House and Capitol respectively
People in Pakistan give money for Holy War
Now You Can Make The Money Come To YOU -The Money Mantra
Origami made with paper currencies from around the world
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October 25, 2007
I received the following email -
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $268.32. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here
Note: For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and time.
Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated.
Regards,
Internal Revenue Service
(Unfortunately, the link they provide goes overseas to Russia)...
How to make your student credit card 40,000 times cooler. Pimp your card
A model of Scrooge McDuck's money bin, built by me, using blueprints created by the great Don Rosa and Dan Shane
How to turn two $1 dollar bills into one $2 dollar bills. Two Dollar Bill Trick Revealed
Funny Money: Strange currencies of the world
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October 03, 2007
Laundry day
Canadians don't know how to deface their own currency. Mr. Spock on the old Canadian 5
Original stock certificates for companies that don’t exist anymore. Hit refresh on the home page to get a randomized set of six new designs. (From Jonson Blog)
A collection of online paycheck calculators
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September 14, 2007
Legal tenders
"We print the finest fake ATM receipts available, with your custom information on them.
Tired of being used as a drink-dispenser? Maybe if you were rich you’d have more luck.
Ever wanted people to think you’re rich? Just casually let them see your massive bank balance on one of our fake ATM receipts, with your name right on it
Custom Fake ATM Receipts. Available as a One Year Supply or as a One Month Supply..."
A vast stash of American money from raid of drug dealer's house in Mexico
American currency exhibit thru history
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August 22, 2007
“I’m a millionaire and I still pick up pennies off the sidewalk”
“I lost my job 3 weeks ago and I still haven’t told my wife.” Photo Essay - 25 Money Confessions
Would you trust this ATM?
Billionaires usually have their pick of brides and often chose to marry some of the world's most beautiful and glamorous women. In pictures: Wives Of The Billionaires
(Cartoon above from Mister Boffo, August 15, 2007. Click to enlarge)
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July 24, 2007
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted
The Power of Money
Why did the K Foundation Burn A Million Quid? On 23 August 1994, the K Foundation (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) burnt one million pounds sterling in cash on the Scottish island of Jura. This money represented the bulk of the K Foundation's funds, earned by Drummond and Cauty as The KLF, one of the United Kingdom's most successful pop groups of the early 1990s. The duo have never fully explained their motivations for the burning….
More Money Origami by an artist named orudorumagi11 at Deviant Art. (From Geekologie)
The Wealthiest Americans Ever (A Flash-based map at the NYT)
The World’s Worst Currencies. For example, the Somali shilling which was 1,387.77 SOS per US$1 in June 2007
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June 17, 2007
Gangster Bankroll
The money programme. (And other wall-to-wall Monty Python videos)
How to Create a Gangster Bankroll
How to make a wallet made out of cash
U.S. Mint Gears Up To Issue Commemorative County Pennies
Though my husband is rich, he’s so cheap!
He’s so chintzy with money, I weep.
Tried to get him to spend
But he simply won’t bend—
Arms too short? Or his pockets too deep?
Limerick Writing Contest With Money Prizes at Mad Kane… and the Topic Is…Money!
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May 06, 2007
Investment advice
New Instant Lottery Game Features Three Ways To Win, 19,839,947 Ways To Lose
Investment advice from Will Rogers: “Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it”
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March 24, 2007
The gift of money
Cruel but true chart: Homelessness by income
Whenever I want a new toy my wife asks me, “how are you going to pay for this?” To which I respond, “With my jug of coins of course.” This trick has worked many times but this time she’s really making me cash them in: Cashing out the jug
In Hong Kong, the first plastic banknotes will be issued on a trial basis this year
Euro Bill Tracker, like the old Where’s George
One two three four five six seven
All good children go to heaven-
Songfacts about The Beatles’ You Never Give Me Your Money:
Seen everywhere: Marc Sky, the Dollar artist
How one lucky winner spent his new-found fortune: Taking home the jackpot
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February 22, 2007
Dream Big
Magic! How to Turn $1 Into $100
Dream bigger - The jackpot this week is $125MM
Digital I-Piggy and I-Panda banks
The Money Maker - A conversation with a Dutch designer of bank notes
Original Income Tax Form from 1913
Zimbabwe on the brink of total collapse with 1,600% inflation
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January 14, 2007
American Bull
Raping the Wall Street Bull. Apparently, few are taking pictures of the bull’s head, but there’s a long line of tourists near the bull’s balls
Hyperinflation banknotes from countries around the world
Noted Individuals Who Have Experienced Homelessness
Popular Views of Money, Credit and Speculation - Coin and Conscience
Dream dollars and play money collecting. (From an interview with play money collector Jack Phillips)
How I slipped from the middle class into near poverty
By the way, it's National DeLurking Week 2007, so leave a comment, dammit
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December 22, 2006
Manga biography of Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett: An Illustrated Biography of the World’s Most Successful Investor. (From Journalista)
…During WW2 the federal government stamped Hawaiian dollars in case the Japanese ever occupied the state
Naked shorts: The possible loss is theoretically UNLIMITED
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond Ring from Anyone, Under Any Circumstances, Even If They Really Want to Give You One. (From Field Guide to the U.S. Economy)
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November 24, 2006
In God We Trust
From a television coin with a moving image to odd-shaped Zambian coins and more at Unusual coins. (From Pennylicious)
Home of the world's largest collection of 1968 pennies
An online gallery of Colonial American Currency
$8 billion in Chinese Hell money
Stuff that people write on money
Spending Godless Money. Use a red pen or stamp to "de-God" all of your paper money. It's fun. It's easy
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October 26, 2006
Global Century Investments
* We're entering the fourth year of a down stock market. Is it time to sell yet?
* Have we hit bottom yet?
* What can you tell small investors who are really starting to worry?
Straight Talk About Today's Markets
The Johnny Cash Prepaid Card is among the first celebrity-branded debit card programs to be launched. "We are excited to bring the legend of Johnny Cash to our card product line and believe that this marks another milestone in the prepaid card industry"
If you're interested in getting rich, I'm going to give you the simplest formula for doing so. In fact, if you follow it you're virtually guaranteed to build enough wealth to get you into the top 5% of society. The easiest way to get rich
Kazakh Bank Gets Its Own Name Wrong
(Pix above from ViceLand)
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