A newly revised $50 bill will be released for consumption on September 28, 2004, the Federal Reserve announced. The 30+ million Americans who live in poverty will never see this bill in their hands. The bill will feature a larger picture of President Grant, will be colored in red in addition to it's original green, and will not be spent by one of the 26% of African Americans who live in poverty. Although the new bill will be tougher to counterfeit, it is doubtful that the 14 million children who exist in poverty in the richest country in the world will attempt to do such. The bill will contain a plastic strip, color-shifting ink, and a watermark. Welfare checks and food stamp cards will still contain watermarks (not just tears) and a plastic strip.
Hope does lie in the future for some of the 18% of the inner city population, & the 8% of the suburbs, as they will have the chance to encounter the new $50 bill while working one of their many retail jobs. With advanced marker technology, the poor will have the opportunity to challenge the validity of the new bill, by striking it with a magic marker. Once the bill has been proven to be an original, the poor will then resume their lives, barely scraping by to provide for their undernourished children and family.
"By getting a chance to see this new bill, the weathy are going to provide the underwealthy with a chance to really do something with themselves, pick themselves up by their bootstraps and really put their lives in order," said U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow. "What the wealthy are doing by giving them this chance should not go unapplauded, and I for one, am very proud of the rich." Snow has been an advocate for the wealthy since his appointment by George W. Bush in January of 2003.
Getting a good look at the income gap between in this country, Snow smiles in sheer pleasure.