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United States Department of the Treasury

Government Agency
Agency nameDepartment of the Treasury
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 2, 1789
Preceding
agencies
Board of Treasury
Employees115,897 (2007)
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
Annual budget$19.56 billion (2009)
HeadquartersTreasury Building
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Operational structure
Agency executivesTimothy Geithner, Secretary
Neal S. Wolin, Deputy Secretary
Rosa Gumataotao Rios, Treasurer
Child agencyInternal Revenue Service
United States Mint
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Several others

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The Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue. The Department is administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is a member of the Cabinet.

The first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, who was sworn into office on September 11, 1789. Hamilton was asked by President George Washington to serve after first having asked Robert Morris (who declined, recommending Hamilton instead). Hamilton almost single-handedly worked out the nation's early financial system, and for several years was a major presence in Washington's administration as well. His portrait is on the obverse of the U.S. ten-dollar bill and the Treasury Department building is shown on the reverse.

Besides the Secretary, one of the best-known Treasury officials is the Treasurer of the United States, who receives and keeps the money of the U.S. Facsimile signatures of the Secretary and the Treasurer appear on all modern paper U.S. currency.

The Treasury prints and mints all paper currency and coins in circulation through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint. The Department also collects all federal taxes through the Internal Revenue Service, and manages U.S. government debt instruments.

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The US Treasury WILL ARRANGE FOR 1.Loans in freshly created US Paper Currency to Banks to bring their cash reserves up to 100%. All currency labeled United States Notes will be recalled and burned. 2.Banks would pay 3% interest to the Treasury on these loans. 3.Fed borrows from the Treasury the new currency to bring their cash reserves up to 100% to cover their demand deposits plus all government funds against which checks are being drawn by the government. The amount of US Securities held by the Federal Reserve would be credited against these borrowings, canceling an equal amount. 4.15% flat tax 5.American Jubilee clear all credit 6.Mortgage Reform ½ principal ½ interest no rates higher than 4% 7.All debt above 8% cancelled. 8.New money vouchers up to $30000 to the unemployed (based on 2008 income) to be used in 90 days or less by job seeker and the employer. After enacted, no one can use the voucher at his former place of employment to prevent the moral hazard of deliberate layoffs. $10000 Vouchers to buy a new car, $20000 to buy a new home built to green standards. During the emergency these loans are to be given to reduce the existing housing stock first, and then all new stock will be built to green energy standards. $100000 to open any enterprise offering invention of energy creating or saving device, zero down, 4% interest repayable in 10 years administered by the SBA. The Creation of a National Job Bank of Employers who agree in advance to accept these vouchers. 9 <b>...</b>
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The US Treasury WILL ARRANGE FOR 1.Loans in freshly created US Paper Currency to Banks to bring their cash reserves up to 100%. All currency labeled United States Notes will be recalled and burned. 2.Banks would pay 3% interest to the Treasury on these loans. 3.Fed borrows from the Treasury the new currency to bring their cash reserves up to 100% to cover their demand deposits plus all government funds against which checks are being drawn by the government. The amount of US Securities held by the Federal Reserve would be credited against these borrowings, canceling an equal amount. 4.15% flat tax 5.American Jubilee clear all credit 6.Mortgage Reform ½ principal ½ interest no rates higher than 4% 7.All debt above 8% cancelled. 8.New money vouchers up to $30000 to the unemployed (based on 2008 income) to be used in 90 days or less by job seeker and the employer. After enacted, no one can use the voucher at his former place of employment to prevent the moral hazard of deliberate layoffs. $10000 Vouchers to buy a new car, $20000 to buy a new home built to green standards. During the emergency these loans are to be given to reduce the existing housing stock first, and then all new stock will be built to green energy standards. $100000 to open any enterprise offering invention of energy creating or saving device, zero down, 4% interest repayable in 10 years administered by the SBA. The Creation of a National Job Bank of Employers who agree in advance to accept these vouchers. 9 <b>...</b>
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I AM announcing today the formation of the Glorious National Party(GNP) whose Principles are outlined below: The US Treasury WILL ARRANGE FOR 1.Loans in freshly created US Paper Currency to Banks to bring their cash reserves up to 100%. All currency labeled United States Notes will be recalled and burned. 2.Banks would pay 3% interest to the Treasury on these loans. 3.Fed borrows from the Treasury the new currency to bring their cash reserves up to 100% to cover their demand deposits plus all government funds against which checks are being drawn by the government. The amount of US Securities held by the Federal Reserve would be credited against these borrowings, canceling an equal amount. 4.15% flat tax 5.American Jubilee clear all credit 6.Mortgage Reform ½ principal ½ interest no rates higher than 4% 7.All debt above 8% cancelled. 8.New money vouchers up to $30000 to the unemployed (based on 2008 income) to be used in 90 days or less by job seeker and the employer. After enacted, no one can use the voucher at his former place of employment to prevent the moral hazard of deliberate layoffs. $10000 Vouchers to buy a new car, $20000 to buy a new home built to green standards. During the emergency these loans are to be given to reduce the existing housing stock first, and then all new stock will be built to green energy standards. $100000 to open any enterprise offering invention of energy creating or saving device, zero down, 4% interest repayable in 10 years administered <b>...</b>
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I AM announcing today the formation of the Glorious National Party(GNP) whose Principles are outlined below: The US Treasury WILL ARRANGE FOR 1.Loans in freshly created US Paper Currency to Banks to bring their cash reserves up to 100%. All currency labeled United States Notes will be recalled and burned. 2.Banks would pay 3% interest to the Treasury on these loans. 3.Fed borrows from the Treasury the new currency to bring their cash reserves up to 100% to cover their demand deposits plus all government funds against which checks are being drawn by the government. The amount of US Securities held by the Federal Reserve would be credited against these borrowings, canceling an equal amount. 4.15% flat tax 5.American Jubilee clear all credit 6.Mortgage Reform ½ principal ½ interest no rates higher than 4% 7.All debt above 8% cancelled. 8.New money vouchers up to $30000 to the unemployed (based on 2008 income) to be used in 90 days or less by job seeker and the employer. After enacted, no one can use the voucher at his former place of employment to prevent the moral hazard of deliberate layoffs. $10000 Vouchers to buy a new car, $20000 to buy a new home built to green standards. During the emergency these loans are to be given to reduce the existing housing stock first, and then all new stock will be built to green energy standards. $100000 to open any enterprise offering invention of energy creating or saving device, zero down, 4% interest repayable in 10 years administered <b>...</b>
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Agencies under the United States Department of the Treasury

Deputy Secretary
of the Treasury
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau * Community Development Financial Institution Fund * Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration * Internal Revenue Service * Office of the Comptroller of the Currency * Office of Thrift Supervision * Office of Tax Policy
Under Secretary
of the Treasury
for International Affairs
Office of East Asia * Office of South and Southeast Asia Nations * Office of Europe & Eurasia * Office of the Western Hemisphere * Office of International Monetary Policy * Office of Banking and Securities * Office of International Debt Policy * Office of Development Policy * Office of Financing Operations * Office of African Nations * Office of the Middle East & North Africa * Office of International Trade * Office of International Investment * Office of Trade Finance * Office of Technical Assistance * Office of Risk & Research Analysis * Exchange Stabilization Fund
Under Secretary of
the Treasury for
Domestic Finance
Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence * Bureau of the Public Debt * Federal Financing Bank * Financial Management Service * Office of Debt Management * Office of Financial Institutions * Office of Financial Markets * Office of Financial Stability * Office of Fiscal Service
Under Secretary of
the Treasury for Terrorism
and Financial Intelligence
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence * Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes * Office of Intelligence and Analysis * Office of Foreign Assets Control * Financial Crimes Enforcement Network * Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture
Treasurer of the United StatesBureau of Engraving and Printing * Treasury Building * United States Mint



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