Probably the Feds felt that, when it comes to picking a man to boot off of the currency to make room for a woman, Hamilton was the safest choice. Too many people would go nuclear over George Washington or Abraham Lincoln losing their spots. Replacing Thomas Jefferson would have widely and accurately been seen as a meaningless gesture. Ulysses S Grant isn’t actually in public eye enough to make that switch meaningful. Benjamin Franklin – as usual – enjoys far too much cultural relevance. And, of course, everybody knows that if you replace Andy Jackson on the twenty he will promptly rise from the dead and kill everyone in the Treasury Department except the cleaning staff.
As to who replaces Hamilton? Harriet Tubman would be perfectly acceptable to me, although it’s a pity that Abigail Adams doesn’t have a shot. Then again, knowing this administration, they’re probably barely restraining themselves from picking Mother Jones.
Personally hoping they would have booted Jackson.
I’m surprised Obama hasn’t put himself on all the money yet. this whole exercise seems silly to me, and I can’t imagine why any real woman would actually care
Only matters who is on my credit card anymore….
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1.75% cash back beats a sharp stick in the eye every time.
From what I know of this administration, I’m expecting Margaret Sanger.
The topic came up a couple of months ago on a football message board I frequent. Had someone seriously mention her and I unloaded both barrels. Thankfully she wasn’t keen on hiding her evil intentions, which gave plenty of ammo.
This is unacceptable. Hamilton is the father of our financial system. He’s a big reason we have a Constitution. He’s contributed more to this country then maybe a handful of people, none of whom are female.
Boot Jackson’s sorry butt of the twenty and replace him with Susan B. Anthony or someone. Hamilton should stay. But of course a Democrat president won’t replace Jackson.
This.
Hamilton is the man who most merits being on the currency. There is not a woman that’s even in the same ballpark.
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I wouldn’t object much to replacing Jackson, but Hamilton?
Have they lost their frigging minds?
Yes,I know they’re ignorant about history, and inexplicably proud of the fact. Why do we have to pay along?
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Of course, even Jackson has better claim than any woman I can come up with. (Although I can easily come up with a number of men who could easily supplant him.)
Seriously, who the frack are they going to choose? Carrie Nation?
i’d replace Jackson with Madison but that’s just me.
Replace that racist SOB Jackson with Sequoyah George Guess, and stand back when the intersectionality of feminists vs. people of color detonates.
Oh sure, boot the father of The Federalist Papers (Hamilton recruited collaborators for the project) and the first Treasury Secretary (Among other things) off the $10 bill.
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We are not going to boot the Indian Murderer.
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Awful.
I would also note that besides Jackson being a racist, having contempt for the Constitution, violent, not a respecter of elites, and defining what is not politically correct; he was the founder of the Democrats. Which makes all his other characteristics fit in.
In addition to the other credits for Hamilton listed, I would like to note that at the Battle of Yorktown which sealed our independence; Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton with a picked force of men with unloaded muskets [so an accidental discharge would not alert the British] approached and attacked with cold steel the British position known as Redoubt #10. They routed the British and by the capture brought the entire British army within American and French artillery range, unable to answer. This forced the surrender of the entire British army in Yorktown 5 days later.
It seems fitting that the Left would try to remove the memorial to a man who put his own life on the line for the country.
True, but let’s be fair: we’re all very relieved that Andrew Jackson was there for the Battle of New Orleans.
Ditto the Lafitte brothers, but that doesn’t mean I’d invite any of ’em to dinner or label ’em anything other than “a douchewaffle POS who just HAPPENED to make himself useful once or twice.”
The bar is lower for douchewaffles. I read somewhere “A thief commits one great act and is forever remembered as a hero. A king commits one despicable act and is forever remembered as a tyrant.”
So… Can’t find anyone to answer this one…
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Why not do multiple series in every denomination?
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Do a $5 with the five stooges, for instance, or a $10 with the Grand Canyon, or a new face on the $20 every year for a decade? Harriet Tubman, Susan B Anthony, Jane Addams, Rosa Parks, Wilma Mankiller….
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Just for fun, put Cesar Chavez on the $50 one year, just to watch certain heads explode.
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It’s *only* money.
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