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Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 12:13 AM Mar 2015

Jack Lew says we're going to run out of money a week from Monday. We should: [View all]


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Buy Gold!!
0 (0%)
Start binge-watching "The Walking Dead" in preparation
0 (0%)
Spock all of our $5 Dollar bills
1 (25%)
Stock up on eggs, milk, and toilet paper
0 (0%)
Liquidate the 401K and head for Vegas
0 (0%)
Garden
0 (0%)
Submit to IMF imposed austerity
0 (0%)
Replace Jack Lew with Robert Reich
2 (50%)
Replace Jack Lew with Paul Krugman
1 (25%)
Other (Post below!)
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Who? Rex Mar 2015 #1
He runs the Treasury Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #2
Oh shit! Well can't they just print some more money? Rex Mar 2015 #9
What does "Spock our $5 bills" mean? nt LiberalElite Mar 2015 #3
It's a reference to what has been going on with Canadian fivers since the death of Nimoy. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #4
Ah. It's illegal here anyway - LiberalElite Mar 2015 #8
But they let kids stamp the 1s to play the Where's George game Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #16
Is it kids? I always assumed it was adults for some reason - LiberalElite Mar 2015 #20
You don't draw a mustache on Washington, you turn Lincoln into Bill Murrary Revanchist Mar 2015 #18
That's good! nt LiberalElite Mar 2015 #19
It's a joke, and a reference to the Canadian fiver Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #5
Put it all on red, baby! Papa needs a new pair of everything! Initech Mar 2015 #6
Maybe this video explains our financial woes? Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #7
You forgot "mint some trillion dollar coins"... n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #10
Only if they accidentially circulate some Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #15
I ran out last week. It's really not that bad NightWatcher Mar 2015 #11
Here's my thought: Congress gets paid last Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #17
I can't keep track of how many times this has happened. Kalidurga Mar 2015 #12
Bitcoin, baby! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #13
Maybe the treasury is behind this???? Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #14
Interesting. Thanks. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #21
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