Save the Greenback

Save the Greenback is an organization of U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing employees and paper and ink suppliers opposed to phasing out the paper dollar.{{cite book |title=All others pay cash: dollar bills and their cultural work |last=Tschachler |first=Heinz |pages=151–152 |year=2008 |publisher=Winter |isbn=978-3-8253-5537-1 }} The group formed to counter the influence of the Coin Coalition."Is U.S. Ready to See the Dollar Bill Pass?" Los Angeles Times June 12, 1995; p. 4 Their website was inactive as of July 2012.

Public opinion has tended to favor the dollar bill, although in 2000, the Government Accountability Office reported that a full implementation of the dollar coin could save $500 million a year.{{cite web |author=United States General Accounting Office |author-link=Government Accountability Office |date=2000-04-07 |title=Financial Impact of Issuing the New $1 Coin |url=http://www.gao.gov/archive/2000/gg00111r.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609212830/https://www.gao.gov/archive/2000/gg00111r.pdf |archive-date=9 June 2019 |accessdate=2007-06-10}}

Americans for George

There was an online organization calling itself Americans for George. It was a public-relations campaign appearing to be a grassroots organization (an "Astroturf group").[http://www.kglobal.com/case-study/americans-for-george/ kglobal case study] Their website was also inactive as of July 2012.

Portrayal in media

In 2006 and 2007, auto manufacturer Kia Motors used this name in a car discount campaign. In the TV campaigns, the group was portrayed as a group similar to Greenpeace, with a mission to save money.{{cite web | author=Kia Motors | author-link=Kia Motors | date=2005-12-26 | url=http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1248 | title=Arctic | accessdate=2009-08-04}}{{dead link|date=April 2012}}{{cite web | author=Kia Motors | author-link=Kia Motors | date=2005-12-26 | url=http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1249 | title=Beach | accessdate=2009-08-04}}{{dead link|date=April 2012}}

See also

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