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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1640229, member: 4626&quot;]Not that they&#039;re that concerned about it anymore.&nbsp; US Savings Bonds haven&#039;t really been a major source of revenue for the government since World War II.&nbsp; Nowadays they only sell about $1 billion worth of savings bonds a year... a drop in the bucket considering the federal budget is well into the trillions.&nbsp; The bonds aren&#039;t so much as a significant way for the government to borrow money anymore so much as they&#039;re a way to encourage people to put aside long term savings.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really want paper bonds you can still get them out of your tax refund if you like (look for Form 8888 and its instructions, <a href="http://www.irs.gov" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irs.gov" rel="nofollow">www.irs.gov</a> ) but otherwise all bonds are electronic now.&nbsp; You can still register them in someone else&#039;s name if you want to give them as a gift (not sure if you can do that out of your tax refund though, don&#039;t think so) but the receipt looks less impressive when you give it to them sadly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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