Counterfeiting: We're In The Money

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With the use of the internet and a color printer, these two
teenagers were able to create and pass their counterfeit twenty dollar bills
through the high school cafeteria but were later arrest by police after trying
to use their money at a local Taco Bell. If teenagers are finding ways to
counterfeit money, that should tell someone that we need to do something to
protect our economy for the future.
In attempt to enhance our currency system, the one hundred dollar bill
was completely redesigned last year and released at the beginning of this year.
This new bill contains a security thread, a watermark, a larger portrait,
varriable-color ink and infrared fibers. It is called the 1996 series. Next year
the fifty dollar bill will change and so forth. At first, economist talked about
recalling all of US currency, but later this idea was ruled out o keep a smooth
transition and to honor the new bills at current face value.
If our economy is at its strongest, who paid for the ...

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