<DIV>Two weeks ago I bought Times Magazine with Bono, Bill Gates and</DIV> <DIV>his wife. </DIV> <DIV>I think that if I had 40 billion dollars (or whatever), I would probably</DIV> <DIV>be bored with making money.</DIV> <DIV>I would think, what can I do to be remembered by my donations?</DIV> <DIV>I've done the one in a lot, became a billionaire.</DIV> <DIV>Now what's next?</DIV> <DIV>I would bet that Bill Gates would put his wife on any coin or any</DIV> <DIV>dollar bill.</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><BR>--- "Keith M. Elis" <ZARATHUSTRA_WINCED@YAHOO.COM><BR>wrote:<BR><BR>> This idea is interesting to me only if we call it<BR>> what it really is:<BR>> the selling of advertising space on US currency.<BR>> Let's let any entity,<BR>> individual or corporate, enter the bidding.
Imagine<BR>> the behemoth<BR>> financial services companies that would leap at the<BR>> opportunity to have<BR>> their logo blazoned across the $100 bill. Imagine<BR>> the lottery<BR>> organizations that would kill to have 'Use this<BR>> dollar to play<BR>> Powerball' dead-center of the 1$ bill. Billionaires<BR>> are already rich,<BR>> they don't need to advertise. However, many<BR>> organizations with<BR>> monstrous marketing budgets would leverage the farm<BR>> to bid on this. Why<BR>> hope for enough individual vanity when you can rely<BR>> on good,<BR>> old-fashioned capitalism, almost guaranteed?<BR><BR>Because this would kill the spirit of the endeavor.<BR>The whole point of putting these people on the money<BR>is to honor these great Americans for "giving back".<BR>To allow it to become mere advertising space would<BR>only cheapen the concept and our national identity.<BR><BR>The Avantguardian <BR>is <BR>Stuart LaForge<BR>alt
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