[MineralMan]

There's an old story, possibly apocryphal, that the Navy in San Diego started paying sailors in $2 bills. They did this because Navy personnel were getting a raw deal from locals there.

Once folks started seeing all those $2 bills, things started to change.

Maybe Freepers should adopt the $2 bill.

[harrym]

I also had heard this story about the military paying troops off in $2 denominations to show the local businesses how much financial impact they had. Maybe we should start giving tax refunds in $2 bills to show who is really helping the economy and where its being spent.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Years ago I was involved in a small mining venture and our company wanted to show the impact of our payroll in the community. With a month's notice to the staff and with their permission, we paid $100 (50 $2 bills) of their weekly pay in cash. Grocery stores and gas stations got most of these bills and used them to make change. The $2 bill impact spread over two states and more than a dozen banks. We made our point.

[RightWhale]

There's an old story, possibly apocryphal

This is done at many military base towns now and then. There was a flood of $2 bills here about 1978 from Ft Wainwright. They should do it again anyway, even though Fairbanks is well aware of the presence of the military.