Friday, March 30, 2018

Funny

Dozens of news releases from police enter my "in box" every week.  Even more are on Facebook.  Some police departments are very good about letting the public know what's going on.  Others, not so much.  I guess if they don't talk about it, it doesn't exist.  But, that's not the topic of today's blog entry.

Today's subject is money.

It seems there's been an alarming spike in the number of counterfeiting cases recently.  Funny money is passed in the big stores and shopping centers every day.

Wait a second!  Haven't we redesigned our currency, several times, to stop this sort of thing?

I know computers and printers get more sophisticated by the day, but something is wrong here.  It seems like counterfeiters like 20's and 100's best.

It reminds me of the satellite escapades of the late 80's and early 90's.  Television networks grew weary of people stealing their video feeds.  They came up with fancy scrambling and encryption.  Someone would always find a way to defeat the safeguards.  Counterfeiting appears to be no different.  As soon as you redesign a bill, someone will find a way to duplicate it.

What's in your wallet?