Nope, a Franklin won't work today, but $10,000 in Franklins will "get-er-dun".
If they go on the jerry springer show and admit all the awful things that they claim to have done, a few thousand dollars and you can get a public admission about anything.
The trailer park comment was satire. That sound you heard was my comment, faster than a speeding bullet, flying past the top of your head. WHOOSH!