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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 779858, member: 4626&quot;]The problem is the Guardian style polymer is proprietary; the US government would have to buy a license to produce them, unless it could come up with a reasonable polymer note on its own (Tyvek&#039;s out; it&#039;s durable and waterproof but doesn&#039;t hold ink very well).&nbsp; The startup expense would cancel out any benefit and I doubt the government would care to have its money supply dependent on technology it doesn&#039;t own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a much better solution: Eliminate paper $1&#039;s and $2&#039;s and replace them with coins instead.&nbsp; It&#039;s worked great for Canada and other countries.&nbsp; (How about eliminating the $2 denomination entirely for that matter?&nbsp; It&#039;s almost never used anyway.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Doubt I&#039;ll see that happen anytime soon either but I think it&#039;s a much more reasonable alternative then switching to polymer.&nbsp; Best part is, we already produce $1 coins anyway... not that they&#039;re used in circulation much, but if the $1 paper bill was forecefully eliminated entirely people would use them out of necessity.&nbsp; Give them a choice, and they&#039;ll almost never use them... so just don&#039;t give them the choice.&nbsp; (Not like that&#039;ll ever happen... politicians don&#039;t want to take the political pressure for something that won&#039;t gain them any political capital if they force it through.&nbsp; Well not often anyway...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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