I thought that Tubman was the best choice if they were going to add a woman to paper currency (she was a true hero, and as brave as they come; Susan B. Anthony would be good, too, but she already had her chance and Treasury blew it for her by giving her that nearly quarter-sized dollar coin), and the populist rabblerouser Andrew Jackson (whose main achievements were winning a battle after we already had agreed to a ceasefire, relocating Indians to Oklahoma, and founding the most destructive political party in U.S. history) was the obvious choice to be replaced. Alexander Hamilton should remain on the $10 bill.
Of course, I would have preferred for Ronald Reagan to go on the $20 and Tubman to go on the $50, with General Grant being given honorable discharge, but that wasn’t going to happen under Obama.
Like I said, I have no problem with Tubman.
The issue is with the timing, and who is doing it, and why.
Good point. Andrew Jackson wasn’t all that. I don’t especially approve of Alexander Hamilton, he may have been in cahoots with the British at one point and he supported a centralized government and bank.
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html
Replace Ulysses Grant on the bill, he was one of the few Presidents who is even worse than Barack Obama.