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Internet mocks Treasury secretary and his wife for posing with a sheet of money

Washington • Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did what just about anyone would do when presented with a newly minted sheet of American currency bearing their name and signature on Wednesday: he posed for a photo.

Coming in the midst of tax-reform plans by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans that nonpartisan analysts say would disproportionately benefit corporations and wealthy individuals, among others, the photo of Mnuchin and wife, Louise Linton, holding up the sheet of new $1 bills became an instant meme and drew wide mockery around the Internet.

The photo was snapped Wednesday as Mnuchin and Linton, along with U.