Money for Sale!

With all of the billions of dollars floating around you'd think we wouldn't be in as bad a scenario as we are.  With banks getting billions of our dollars in bailouts (to some that publicly said they didn't even want the money) and not having to tell anyone what they're doing with it, or even justify that position, it would seem as though the good times should still be rolling.  Case in point, the two dollar bill.  For the holiday season the Treasury released a limited two dollar bill with gold accents.  Each gilt Jefferson will be proudly be protected and displayed in a pleather case with foggy resin plastic lining.  As a reward for not doing anything wrong and getting screwed by those who did, the government would like to offer you the tax payer a set of four of these limited two dollar bills for the basement price of $48.  That's right! For just $48, or four easy installments of $12, you too can have $8 in U.S. currency!

As someone who has worked with 22kt gold leaf, the very same that adorns these bills, I have an extra insight into how much the gilding adds to the Tommy J.  One dollar at wholesale.  A box of five hundred sheets of 22kt gold leaf goes for about $500.  One sheet would get the job done on each bill so add a buck to the value.  So after stealing our money and giving it to rich folks the government would like to sell you some currency at four times it's face value.  I need to hide a Caganer in the Oval Office.