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by a6l6e6x
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11/4/04 8:06:20 PM
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New Re: "lockbox"
Believe it or not, there is, in effect, such a thing in Parkersburg, West Virginia. It was shown on the PBS Nightly News. It's actually a single file cabinet (not even a fireproof one) that contains promisory notes denominated in billions of dollars and signed by the Treasurer to the SSA.

[link|http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/economy/july-dec01/lockbox_8-22.html|Lockbox]. Scroll down for photos.

So there! :)
Alex
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
Post #182,960
by bepatient
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11/4/04 10:11:04 PM
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New Bureau of Public Debt
up the street from sis.

Another works there.

The bustling metropolis of my birth.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
     "I earned capital in the campaign -- political capital.." - (deSitter) - (38) - Nov. 4, 2004, 01:49:55 PM EST
         Beat me to it. I just heard it on NPR. Very scary. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2004, 02:35:20 PM EST
             I caught that, too - (jb4) - Nov. 4, 2004, 03:53:04 PM EST
         I was amused by his attempt to be a uniter - (ben_tilly) - (35) - Nov. 4, 2004, 02:37:37 PM EST
             The man is a megalomaniac - this is very scary - (deSitter) - (34) - Nov. 4, 2004, 02:39:26 PM EST
                 Already said he would. - (imric) - (33) - Nov. 4, 2004, 03:11:29 PM EST
                     ICLRPD (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 4, 2004, 03:24:46 PM EST
                     No...now wait a minnit, there, Skip! - (jb4) - (2) - Nov. 4, 2004, 05:52:48 PM EST
                         The two do not contradict - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2004, 06:02:17 PM EST
                             Done right would be in federally guarrantied funds - (daemon) - Nov. 4, 2004, 06:04:31 PM EST
                     Where do you think it goes? - (bepatient) - (28) - Nov. 4, 2004, 06:06:37 PM EST
                         Into current payments and our debt - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Nov. 4, 2004, 06:43:06 PM EST
                             Re: Into current payments and our debt - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2004, 07:02:56 PM EST
                                 Only sort of - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 4, 2004, 09:35:19 PM EST
                         Huh? - (imric) - (21) - Nov. 4, 2004, 07:44:52 PM EST
                             C'mon now. - (bepatient) - (20) - Nov. 4, 2004, 10:04:24 PM EST
                                 Classic -- give the man a prize - (GBert) - Nov. 4, 2004, 10:49:50 PM EST
                                 Gee - so Reagan didn't - (imric) - (18) - Nov. 5, 2004, 02:02:21 AM EST
                                     Twice - (bepatient) - (17) - Nov. 5, 2004, 12:25:09 PM EST
                                         Nope. - (imric) - (6) - Nov. 5, 2004, 02:27:13 PM EST
                                             Regardless of # - (bepatient) - (5) - Nov. 5, 2004, 04:01:23 PM EST
                                                 I don't give a damn for Democrats - - (imric) - (4) - Nov. 5, 2004, 05:11:59 PM EST
                                                     Re: I don't give a damn for Democrats - - (bepatient) - (3) - Nov. 5, 2004, 05:35:30 PM EST
                                                         Woe is me? - (imric) - (2) - Nov. 6, 2004, 09:11:29 AM EST
                                                             Thou sayest - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2004, 11:52:36 PM EST
                                                                 I prefer squirt-guns filled with DMSO + LSD to paint balls. - (imric) - Nov. 12, 2004, 06:29:43 AM EST
                                         Oh, you mean like... - (jb4) - (9) - Nov. 5, 2004, 03:39:57 PM EST
                                             Yep. Thats what I mean. -NT - (bepatient) - (8) - Nov. 5, 2004, 04:02:04 PM EST
                                                 OK, then - (jb4) - (7) - Nov. 5, 2004, 05:39:28 PM EST
                                                     What do you think we are buying? - (bepatient) - (4) - Nov. 5, 2004, 05:52:50 PM EST
                                                         I can think of several things: - (jb4) - (3) - Nov. 5, 2004, 06:13:10 PM EST
                                                             I'm sure you will - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 5, 2004, 08:06:07 PM EST
                                                                 Not brilliant...merely accurate.... -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2004, 09:12:02 AM EST
                                                                     O.O.T. - (bepatient) - Nov. 8, 2004, 10:48:12 AM EST
                                                     Bad assumption - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2004, 05:54:26 PM EST
                                                         My point 'xactly! - (jb4) - Nov. 5, 2004, 06:09:55 PM EST
                         Re: "lockbox" - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2004, 08:06:20 PM EST
                             Bureau of Public Debt - (bepatient) - Nov. 4, 2004, 10:11:04 PM EST
                         That might work - (tuberculosis) - Nov. 4, 2004, 10:52:16 PM EST

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