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Posted by JD Thomas on March 22, 2005 in Techfun

We need to have corporate sponsorship of our currency. Just imagine if Starbucks could pay the Federal government a fee to have some dollar bills...

We need to have corporate sponsorship of our currency. Just imagine if Starbucks could pay the Federal government a fee to have some dollar bills were issued with a Starbucks logo in-place of Washington’s head. 

Those dollars could be treated as regualr dollars anyplace except Starbucks. Starbucks could set its own exchange rates for the StarBUCKS and use that edge to entice people to spend them at Starbucks by say honoring them at, for example, 150% percent of face value.