and a black female freedom fighter would make the $20 bill more popular than Stonewall Jackson?
She was a spy and soldier who carried firearms to defend herself from armed religious nuts who supported slavery. She's still unpopular in some circles today who detest people like Obama.
Those two don't belong in the same sentence together. Obama isn't even close to the same level.
My opinion, it's total bullshit that they want to put Tubman on the 20. Not that she doesn't deserve it, but why is it necessary to make the change? It's not. And why is it necessary to make the change to her? It's not. If you are going to use the qualifications that she has in order to justify the change, then you could justify changing it for a thousand other people as well. There really is no reason to change
No way! Old George is a dead ringer for my dead paternal grandmother and I'd miss seeing her whenever I want.
Really? Stonewall Jackson. I hope you are kidding.
What good would that do? All the old ones are still legal tender.IMO, they need to redesign all these bills, still too easy to counterfeit.
My opinion, it's total bullshit that they want to put Tubman on the 20. Not that she doesn't deserve it, but why is it necessary to make the change? It's not. And why is it necessary to make the change to her? It's not. If you are going to use the qualifications that she has in order to justify the change, then you could justify changing it for a thousand other people as well. There really is no reason to change - it's all just political correctness bullshit. Like someone decided that women are owed a place on our currency, doesn't matter that there were no women presidents, they were going to make it happen anyways. Political correctness at its finest.
To be fair Hamilton and Franklin weren't presidents either. Not everyone on our currency is or was a president.
And the people on our money used to regularly change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_United_States_banknotes
Has not changed much at all since 1928.
Yup, but that makes it distinctive.That's not a good thing. We have some of the ugliest money on earth.
What good would that do? All the old ones are still legal tender.
Is there a contest? What do we get if we win?That's not a good thing. We have some of the ugliest money on earth.
What good would that do? All the old ones are still legal tender.
Now let's pray that they get rid of the God references next.
Have there been any movies about Harriet Tubman?
If not, which current black actress needs an Oscar?
The current currency eventually is pulled from circulation and is destroyed. Is it better to have newer more expensive currency pulled from circulation to be destroyed?Of course they wouldn't stop being legal tender, but they eventually go out of circulation and are destroyed once fully replaced by new designs.
You're projecting something on me but I will leave it to you to determine what that is. Your inference has meaning for you but not for me.You ask this question as if you have never seen designs change on US currency--or any currency--in your lifetime?
Impossible to me? Once again, projection for no reason that is relevant.And that's just a design. If this seems impossible to you, then maybe living in Italy or France on January 1, 2002 when the Euro suddenly appeared out of an ATM instead of your Lira or Franc must seem like fantasy!
What good would that do? All the old ones are still legal tender.
Look up how much U.S. currency is overseas. Counterfeiting of our currency is a problem with a global scale.It would theoretically make fakes easier to spot as they would make up a higher percentage of old currency.
In the UK the old ones are accepted legal tender until a cut-off date. Having said that, I once received one after the cut-off date and a bank still swapped it out for me.