[Jeff Winston]

An official familiar with the situation told CNBC that 1.1 billion of the new bills have been printed, but they are unusable because of a creasing problem in which paper folds over during production, revealing a blank unlinked portion of the bill face.

So you're telling me they printed 1.1 BILLION flawed bills because nobody noticed??

It would appear that the federal government can't do a damn thing right, up to and including basic quality control.

Yet some people want these people controlling our lives.

"Close enough for government work."

[RetroSexual]

It would appear that the federal government can't do a damn thing right, up to and including basic quality control.

And now they're in the auto-building business.