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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1288724, member: 26302&quot;]My only point on that would be why, (when they were worth more), were higher denomination bills ok before electronic transactions could be tracked, but now that the government has the ability to track some transactions, they wish to destroy the higher denomination bills? I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I simply do not see the rationale of why these bills are now unneeded or unwarranted, when they were perfectly fine for 100 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your point sir about being able to carry around a briefcase full of money, that is the entire point as well. My uncle carried around, like I said, $2000 in a hidden part of his wallet, He had 2 or 3 bills that fit there. Today, I cannot hide $2000 in $100 bills, as its way too bulky. I carry around $500 or so just in case, but if I could I would probably carry more. I simply cannot due to our currency. If I were in Europe I could.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just never have heard a valid reason why the larger bills had to be actively withdrawn, except for &quot;money laundering&quot;. To me that is not an excuse, I would prefer to see stronger penalties for illegal activities than make common citizens be affected. &quot;Crime prevention&quot; is way too broad a reason for limiting citizens, as is &quot;anti-terrorism&quot;. I think we see that with the Patriot Act and secret searches and seizures being used 90+% of the time NOT for anti-terrorism, but for whatever they feel like searching.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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