Federal Gov't Cannot Print Way Out of Debt...

[Matt J]

Even if the last printing mistake was made 100 years ago, that's not a good average cost of an oops, in my opinion, but if you like the gov't wasting money, I guess you don't have a problem with that. "Just tax the wealthy. They can pay for that screw up, right?"

No, I'm just a little more understanding when a mistake is made. Especially considering it's a completely new process. It must be nice going through life never making a single mistake.

 

[scooterbug44]

I know they make lots of mistakes/have a high quality control level - that's why they sell pens full of shredded money in the gift shop.

I think the security measures (from a design process going on for 10 years) are what made this one so crazy.

 

[Matt J]

I think the stuff in the gift shop is beginning and ends of runs, printers that big usually have the ability to make minor corrections mid run.

 

[Smiling JOe]

No, I'm just a little more understanding when a mistake is made. Especially considering it's a completely new process. It must be nice going through life never making a single mistake.

Interesting comment from someone who often criticizes people for common mistakes such as misspelling. It isn't okay to misspell Grayton, but it is okay to have a $120,000,000 printing "mistake?" Yeah, that makes total sense.

Having misprinted a few thousand bills is a mistake, or printing problem. Printing 1.1 billion bills before realizing there is a printing problem is much more than a mistake. ;-)

It sounds like you work for the Federal Gov't in their quality control division.

 

[Matt J]

Interesting comment from someone who often criticizes people for common mistakes such as misspelling. It isn't okay to misspell Grayton, but it is okay to have a $120,000,000 printing "mistake?" Yeah, that makes total sense.

Having misprinted a few thousand bills is a mistake, or printing problem. Printing 1.1 billion bills before realizing there is a printing problem is much more than a mistake. ;-)

It sounds like you work for the Federal Gov't in their quality control division.

The last person I criticized for a spelling mistake was someone claiming to be a longtime local business and they spelled Grayton as Greighton. I love that you think $120 million is equivalent to misspellings, apparently you work for the budgeting department.