[Kylon]

I was thinking that we could increase the U.S government's revenue, if all the money had advertisements on it.

Imagine if a dollar had "Walmart" on it, and all the advertising associated with it.

The same with Coke-Cola, or any other kind of dollar.

Ontop of the fact that this would increase revenue because companies would pay big bucks to advertise on money (because you look at it all the time), people would collect the various types of money, thus taking it out of circulation, thus decreasing inflation.

This I think, would greatly improve the finances of America, and with the extra cash, we could spend it on education or healthcare.

[Baldwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') was thinking that we could increase the U.S government's revenue, if all the money had advertisements on it.

Imagine if a dollar had "Walmart" on it, and all the advertising associated with it.

The same with Coke-Cola, or any other kind of dollar.

Ontop of the fact that this would increase revenue because companies would pay big bucks to advertise on money (because you look at it all the time), people would collect the various types of money, thus taking it out of circulation, thus decreasing inflation.

This I think, would greatly improve the finances of America, and with the extra cash, we could spend it on education or healthcare.

[Auntie_Cipation]

Good idea. But I think this merits changing the faces on the bills. I nominate Edward Bernays for the $1, Oprah for the $5, the folks at Chiat/Day for the $10, Karl Rove for the $20, and Frank Luntz for the $100 .

[jdmartin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') was thinking that we could increase the U.S government's revenue, if all the money had advertisements on it.

Imagine if a dollar had "Walmart" on it, and all the advertising associated with it.

The same with Coke-Cola, or any other kind of dollar.

Ontop of the fact that this would increase revenue because companies would pay big bucks to advertise on money (because you look at it all the time), people would collect the various types of money, thus taking it out of circulation, thus decreasing inflation.

This I think, would greatly improve the finances of America, and with the extra cash, we could spend it on education or healthcare.

[I_Like_Plants]

Ahh, ideas thought up by ppl who call it "coke-cola". And I know the regional accent, they actually say it that way, coke-cola. Quick, short "coke" then coah-laah.

OK, the way to increase gov't revenue is good old fashioned Keynesian pump-priming. College really ought to be free in the US. Vocational training too. Also, if you really want to get $$ circulating, give it to poor people. Do this by lowering taxes on the bottom 2/5ths, which the Earned Income Credit has been a good step toward. Put caps on debt (usury) so the poor are not just paying the huge credit card corp's, who don't pay taxes, for the rest of their lives.

In short, don't just talk about doing the classical liberal woo-woo bullshit, like the Democrats do, actually do the classical liberal woo-woo bullshit. It's good shit if you want to reverse the rich/poor gap and increase gov't revenue. Richer people pay more taxes, more educated people pay more taxes, etc. And maybe the dollar would not actually crash which is what we're headed for now.