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mslansn on July 1, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by...

Not surprised that the Fed overspent a project by 50%.

School-Cotton on July 1, 2025 | [–]

I doubt this cost them 1.5M out of their real budget, lol. My guess is these are not legal tender in some way, e.g. worn-out bills that would otherwise be destroyed.

tracerbulletx on July 1, 2025 | | [–]

The fact that this is not obvious to everyone is a bit disturbing to be honest..

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