This will really freak your beans...

Money is a figment of your bloody imagination.

You have this wallet full of 10's and 20's...what does that mean??? Some crackpot in a federal building decided that gold would be used to back up the bills you are carrying. Have you ever seen it? Why gold? Why not Cracker Jacks? Why not Britney Spears old gum? What makes gold so special? The fact that it is rare shouldn't have an effect...millions of people are walking around with some on their body. How about backing our currency with a spotted owl? Or a Bald Eagle? They are pretty rare.

And, why do we need to have all that gold to back it up anyway? Our country is trillions of dollars in debt....in debt to who exactly?? 'Cause the last time I checked, I wasn't calling George Bush at home during dinner asking him where his loan payment was a threatening default if he doesn't pay in 30 days. Has France or Russia suddenly hired AmeriDebt to start calling all the Senators on their "private" lines offering to cut their payments by half?? If a country can run that far in debt and still be the most powerful nation in the world...why the hell have money at all?

If all the countries in the world are in debt and we all owe one another..I would say that is a scratch. Lets erase all the debt and start over. And I would suggest picking something new to have it based on...perhaps something you don't find collecting plaque in the mouths of your citizens.