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U.S. Changes Motto To 'America... We're Gonna Make Ya Smile'

February 28, 2001 | ISSUE 43•27 ISSUE 37•07

WASHINGTON, DC– After a focus group determined "In God We Trust" to be "boring," the U.S. introduced a new motto Monday: "America... We're Gonna Make Ya Smile." "We feel the new motto projects a more playful image for the nation," State Department spokesman Marlon Harris said. "This new slogan tells the world that America Is Fun Country." Harris added that "E Pluribus Unum" will be replaced on all currency with "U.S. Fever–Catch It!"

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