Funny Money

Posted July 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM

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Your Federal tax dollars at work.

The Treasury Department revealed Friday that it is scrapping plans to hire a cartoonist to lighten the mood of its employees who manage the nation's $1 trillion-plus debt, after a key Democratic senator questioned the wisdom of the hiring.

The cartoonist would have been hired by Treasury's Bureau of Public Debt, which accounts for borrowed federal spending, at a time Congress is embroiled in a debate about increased government spending and rising levels of red ink.