Opinions on The $20 Bill Change

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Toxarch

I honestly think Harriet Tubman would be offended that they are putting her picture on currency. Tubman was born into slavery where people were bought and sold for money. Tubman was also an abolitionist and therefore hated capitalism. So how do we decide to honor all the great things that she did? We put her face on a $20 bill.

Legume

Well, damn.

Spring Chicken

I think a nice statue would have been better and probably cheaper.  Since our currency is used around the world, I doubt that few people will recognize her for her contribution to a better world.  But in reality, its just a piece of paper that represents a value of $20 for those who use it on a regular basis, not a lesson in history.

Spring "History Isn't What It Used To Be" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

Fred19Flintstone

I'll take Elvis Presley for $1,000,000 please, Alex.

fishlessman

Spring Chicken said:

I think a nice statue would have been better and probably cheaper.  Since our currency is used around the world, I doubt that few people will recognize her for her contribution to a better world.  But in reality, its just a piece of paper that represents a value of $20 for those who use it on a regular basis, not a lesson in history.

Spring "History Isn't What It Used To Be" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

ive learned more about jackson now that they are removing him from the bill for better or worse, he was alot like trump

HeavyG

Toxarch said:

I honestly think Harriet Tubman would be offended that they are putting her picture on currency. Tubman was born into slavery where people were bought and sold for money. Tubman was also an abolitionist and therefore hated capitalism. So how do we decide to honor all the great things that she did? We put her face on a $20 bill.

Andrew Jackson didn't believe in paper currency. Kinda funny ain't it?

Acn

johnnyp said:

Personally, I'd like to see more variety in our currency.  There have been many deserving people from the 20th century that go unrepresented 

Instead of doing away with Jackson, why not have 2 or 3 bills.  Jackson, Tubman and....idk, Reagan.

throw in a bill (any denomination will do) for Edison, FDR and other American icons

They aren't doing away with Jackson, they're moving him to the back.

I do agree with the sentiment that we could do with more variety in our currency.  Currently US Grant on the $50 is the only person on any of the bills who was alive after the Civil War, and Tubman will be the first person on a bill who was alive in the 20th century.  There still won't be anyone who was alive after women gained the right to vote.

I'd like to see a couple of denominations designated for Americans who made a contribution outside of politics.  Maybe 4 of the 6 bills should be dedicated to politicians/founders, but expand to include more recent folks, and then the other 2 bills can include Americans who made contributions to science, art, or the culture of the United States.  Edison, GW Carver, Audubon, George Eastman, James D. Watson, Jonas Salk, Clara Barton, Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Thoreau, Whitman, Walt Disney, Louis Arsmstong, Elvis, Dylan, etc. could all get their moment.

Acn

Spring Chicken said:

I think a nice statue would have been better and probably cheaper.  Since our currency is used around the world, I doubt that few people will recognize her for her contribution to a better world.  But in reality, its just a piece of paper that represents a value of $20 for those who use it on a regular basis, not a lesson in history.

Spring "History Isn't What It Used To Be" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

I'll bet at least a few who don't recognize her will go to Wikipedia and spend 5 minutes learning about her contributions.

DoubleEgger

I just hope that they can find a pic of her where she doesn't have resting b!tch face. 

HeavyG

Spring Chicken said:

I think a nice statue would have been better and probably cheaper.  Since our currency is used around the world, I doubt that few people will recognize her for her contribution to a better world.  But in reality, its just a piece of paper that represents a value of $20 for those who use it on a regular basis, not a lesson in history.

Spring "History Isn't What It Used To Be" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

How many people around the world would look at our $20 bill and have any clue as to who Jackson was?

Even with all the media coverage of late I'd bet most Americans couldn't tell you who is currently on the face of the $20 and who he was and what he did.

GregW

I'm personally opposed to change. What's wrong with the 20 we had?

HeavyG

GregW said:

I'm personally opposed to change. What's wrong with the 20 we had?

You mean the $20 with Grover Cleveland (who they took off to put Jackson on)?

Yeah...that still chaps my a$$.

Fred19Flintstone

GregW said:

I'm personally opposed to change. What's wrong with the 20 we had?

Because people at Treasury had nothing better to do.

MrWilliams

i vote for Lawrence Taylor on the $100.

DieselkW

I don't care who's on the $20, but why does George Bush's mother, Barbara, get to be on the $1 bill?

NPHuskerFL

Not cool. @DieselkW

stlcharcoal

HeavyG said:

GregW said:

I'm personally opposed to change. What's wrong with the 20 we had?

You mean the $20 with Grover Cleveland (who they took off to put Jackson on)?

He's on $1000 bill though (they pulled Alexander Hamilton off of it.)

Jackson used to be on the $10000 bill for a while too I believe.

northGAcock

Haaaa mannnnn. Howsssss about this one?

jtcBoynton

Jackson has been on the $20, $10, $5, and the $10,000 bills at various times.

Also please consider to following list of Americans:

Salmon P. Chase

Daniel Webster

Lewis & Clark

Henry Clay

Albert Gallatin

John Quincy Adams

Joseph K. Mansfield

Robert Morris

DeWitt Clinton

James Madison

John Marshall

William McKinley

Grover Cleveland

Charles Sumner

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Marcy

George Meade

Winfield Scott

Woodrow Wilson

What to they all have in common? Yes their pictures have all been printed on US currency at some point. The individuals pictured on our paper currency have been changing throughout our history.  Switching out who is on our money is nothing new.

fishlessman

is it politically correct to put a black woman up front on the bill and make the white guy sit on the back. i dont understand why they would move him to the back anyways, kinda takes away from why they put her on the front

stlcharcoal

jtcBoynton said:

Jackson has been on the $20, $10, $5, and the $10,000 bills at various times.

Also please consider to following list of Americans:

...

You forgot Ed Fisher.....it is a GREENback right.  Would be very fitting.

GregW

jtcBoynton said:

Jackson has been on the $20, $10, $5, and the $10,000 bills at various times.

Also please consider to following list of Americans:

Salmon P. Chase

Daniel Webster

Lewis & Clark

Henry Clay

Albert Gallatin

John Quincy Adams

Joseph K. Mansfield

Robert Morris

DeWitt Clinton

James Madison

John Marshall

William McKinley

Grover Cleveland

Charles Sumner

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Marcy

George Meade

Winfield Scott

Woodrow Wilson

What to they all have in common? Yes their pictures have all been printed on US currency at some point. The individuals pictured on our paper currency have been changing throughout our history.  Switching out who is on our money is nothing new.

Robert E Lee should be on this list.

lkapigian

When the LGBT money comes out, we get to pick whatever denomation we want it to be , no matter what is printed on it AND we get to use it where  it's not usually accepted 

ChokeOnSmoke

fishlessman said:

here she is in her younger years

Hilarious!!  Well done.

DoubleEgger

XC242

All this thread goes to show is some of you really get wrapped around the axle on some unimportant stuff. WGAF...

GregW

XC242 said:

All this thread goes to show is some of you really get wrapped around the axle on some unimportant stuff. WGAF...

Where you live greatly influence's how important it is to you.