It seemed like a good idea -- spreading the gospel on what would look like a $1 million bill.
But the Secret Service thought the gospel tracts being handed out by a Texas ministry looked too much like real money, and has seized $800,300 of the fake bills.
Great News Network president Darrel Rundus objects that there's no such thing as a $1 million bill, so you can't counterfeit something that doesn't exist.V But a Secret Service spokesman said someone tried to deposit one of the tracts at a bank, and close facsimiles of currency are illegal, although no charges were filed.
Rundus figures the publicity will spread the gospel more than the seized tracts, but he still plans to file a federal lawsuit to stop the Secret Service from sweeping in again.
How can you seize "$800,300" of million dollar bills, when *each* bill is supposedly worth more than that? Or were they selling them at some price, like $10 each, that isn't mentioned, and they seized 80,030, for example?
I'm so cornfused!
Tracts are actually booklets that are faith based to explain or rouse interest in religion. They often have a catchy cover - Christian athletes, cartoons, movies, or in this case... money meant to generate interest in the religious message. The Texas church had to pay to have them printed up and delivered. The $800k was probably their inflated cost.