Republican Lobbyist's Wife Wraps Gifts In Dollar Bills

[Phred42]

Tried to post this to the Video section - no go and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't take

Isn't it illegal to deface currency?


Republican Lobbyist's Wife Wraps Gifts In Dollar Bills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXj-oQm-NbE&eurl=http://www.clusterstock.com/2008/8/republican-lobbyist-s-wife-wraps-gifts-in-dollar-bills

For many Americans, it's a struggle to make ends meet. For Ed Rogers, a Republican lobbyist, it isn't. How do we know? Because his wife, Edwina, wraps gifts in real dollar bills.

Rogers, formerly a deputy assistant to President Bush, is Vice Chairman of lobbying firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers. Rogers lobbies on behalf of Iraqi Kurds, who want the U.S. government to guarantee their autonomy from Baghdad as well as oil wealth from the contested city of Kirkuk.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. it IS illegal to destroy currency or deface it

but the question is, IS this money actual money or is it failed sheets? or sheets where the serial number was never applied and therefor not really currency? either way i would think there is a law or ten being broken here.

sP

[dysfunctional press]

3. how would she have access to failed sheets or sheets with no serial numbers?

are those types of things available to the public, or do they get destroyed(the failed ones)...? :shrug:

[Fuzz]

4. You can actually buy those. Full sheets of uncut bills. They are real,

just not cut.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. right...

the question becomes the serial number then...if they have one then they are valid currency...and illegal to destroy. if they do NOT then i guess it would be ok...

sP

OnEdit :

After checking with Printing and Engraving, they appear to be the real deal with serials and the lot...buying an UNCUT sheet will cost you a premium. 16 $50 notes will run you $900...

sP

[dysfunctional press]

6. a sheet of 32 one-dollar bills is $55.00...

since the paper is suposedly such a big deal for counterfitters- why couldn't they buy those sheets, bleach them, and then use the paper to make $20's or $100's...:shrug:

http://www.moneyfactory.gov/store/section.cfm/69/83

btw-32 $2 bills are only $90- christmas is coming.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. the paper IS a big deal

the thing is they use different paper for the different bills...

sP

[psychmommy]

2. that was 2 gallons almost 3 gallons of gas she wasted.

there were a couple of days last week that i didn't think i would make it through the work week with the gas in my car. i made it but, i would have freaked if i saw this last week.

[cynatnite]

8. Here is a pic...

http://www.mausandhoffman.com/wrap.html

I knew a few people who would do this for their kids. It's not uncommon.

[Javaman]

9. We are a nation of decay. nt