Posted on 06/17/2015 5:55:51 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew is set to announce on Thursday that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will remove Alexander Hamilton from the ten dollar bill, in favor of a woman.
The change could happen as soon as 2020.
The announcement came via Nancy Lindborg, president of the US Institute of Peace, who tweeted out the news....
...The choice to replace Hamilton on the $10 bill as opposed to President Jackson on the $20 bill is a curious one.
There were clear reasons to replace Jackson on the bill. Jackson has long been reputed as a deeply flawed character, who owned hundreds of slaves, executed American soldiers for desertion, and, most heinously, oversaw the relocation of native American tribes from lands promised in previous treaties.
The "Trail of Tears," as it has become known, resulted in the deaths of more than 4,000 Cherokee alone. Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee, Seminole, and other tribes were also forcibly removed.
The reasoning behind the removal of Hamilton is less clear.
As a founding father of the United States and the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton is hardly the controversial figure that Jackson was. In addition, Hamilton is the architect of the early American financial system, having established a national bank, a system of tariffs, friendly trade relations with Britain, and assumed states' debts to solidify the nascent union.
The debate over who should replace Hamilton is far from settled. Lindborg invited people to sound off on Twitter with the hashtag #TheNewTen.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Caitlin Jenner!!
Hillary Clinton!!
How about a black woman: harriet tubman. At least she was a republican.
Helen Thomas!?
Sarah Palin would be great!
I vote for that Dolezal thing....
Dare I ask WTF that is?
The hell with that, I don’t even like Jackson and Grant on bills. They should be replaced with other Founders.
They need to be dead. I don’t think you want that.
How about they just put a wig on Hamilton and call it even?
Love Alex, but I find I’ve spent my $10bills quicker than I intended.
Soros-funded fifth-column apparatchik group of subversive, seditious, and treasonous insurgents.
Aaron Burr in drag.
So, why remove Hamilton? The article isn’t clear.
When is Barry going on the 3 dollar queer bill?
Al Sharpton.
Being a conservative I abhor unnecessary change. Leave Hamilton and all the others on the bills.
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