Posted on 08/05/2014 3:20:56 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
President Obama created a minor stir last week when he said it would be "a pretty good idea" to put more women's faces on U.S. currency.
Could it happen? It turns out that changing the lineup of dead presidents on paper currency is within the power of the Obama administration.
An 1862 act of Congress gives the secretary of the Treasury near-complete authority over the design and printing of paper currency, while Congress retains the power of coinage under the Constitution.
Adding women would mean either creating a denomination or bumping one of the familiar men adorning the front of paper currency.
The White House said it had no announcement on the design of greenbacks. "I don't have anything to report to you on the faces on our currency," spokesman Eric Schultz said.
Obama opened up the issue in an economic speech in Kansas City last week.
"A young girl wrote to ask me why aren't there any women on our currency, and then she gave me like a long list of possible women to put on our dollar bills and quarters and stuff — which I thought was a pretty good idea," he said.
The White House would not disclose the contents of the letter but said it was written by a girl from Massachusetts.
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All those other secondary issues like unemployment, record debt, near zero economic growth, and the generally deteriorating state of foreign relations can wait.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Betty Boop on the 3 dollar bill! Actually, don’t spend a cent redesigning anything, engraving plates, etc.. Use what we have, don’t waste money on such frivolous, feel-good nonsense. And get rid of the one dollar bill! It’s a filthy decease carrier. Use the coins!
Getting ready for Hilary, no doubt...perhaps on the $3.
Sacagawea , Statue of Liberty , Susan B. Anthony
Folks, this is what the left does. Throw a radical idea out there and see how people react. Deny it and say you have no plans if there’s pushback. Start laying the groundwork and do internal polls and drum up support.
A young girl wrote to ask me why aren’t there any women on our currency
She never looked very hard
Gross. Liberal women like Mooch staring at me while I’m attempting to buy bread. There’s something to be said for credit cards.
LOL!
Let’s put pelousy on the three dollar bill
Mexico and Ireland have Catholic nuns on their money. I nominate Mother Angelica.
And age had nothing to do with it....she was never a beauty!
Betty Boop? How bout Bettie Page?
If that wouldn’t raise the value of US Dollar, than nothing would
The only people worthy of being on currency are founding fathers and presidents, with the exception of the current one.
Might as well put Mickey Mouse on it. The currency isn’t worth $hit.
Being the first black president, they wont wait too long to have his smug face on one of our bills. Wont it be great to be carrying his face around in our pockets, and having to look at it all the time.
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