Milwaukee Community Organizers to Print Their Own Money

Why do I get the feeling this "currency" will look something like this?

They may be talking funny money, but it's not funny business.

Residents from the Milwaukee neighborhoods of Riverwest and East Side are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss printing their own money. The idea is that the local cash could be used at neighborhood stores and businesses, thus encouraging local spending. The result, supporters hope, would be a bustling local economy, even as the rest of the nation deals with a recession.

"You have all these people who have local currency, and they're going to spend it at local stores," said Sura Faraj, a community organizer who is helping spearhead the plan. "They can't spend it at the Wal-Mart or the Home Depot, but they can spend it at their local hardware store or their local grocery store."

Yeah, why let them spend their money at an evil Wal-Mart or Home Depot, where they can get the most for their money?

I wonder if the local crack dealers will accept this funny money?