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Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:26 pm
by kf7mjf
The point is the two prevailing arguments against are either suggesting there are few worthwhile candidates,or that there is simply no need to change. I bet if the ante were upped and a WWII hero offered up, there would be much more agreement.
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:33 pm
by joao01
Hey Elenoire Roosevelt is on the list
http://www.womenon20s.org/candidates"America is all about speed - hot, nasty, badass speed"
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:59 pm
by H2obouget
Nope. Not from me.
Personally I think that only dead presidents should be on the bills ...and coins. (but see below)
Pull Hamilton off the 10 (most people just assume that he was a president.), Franklin off the 100 (Yes Franklin is a great man, but he's not a president) and Chase off the 10,000 (moot point on the last... no longer in print)
Pull 1 dollar coins completely. They have never caught on.
Optionally, put only dead presidents on paper currency and rotate every 5 years (Use all the presidents, and rotate each president through each bill before repeating. It would take 200 years to do so), put whatever you want on coins, but the image on coins must rotate every year.
This makes paper and coins collectable, pulling them from circulation.
Another option, though much harder to establish and maintain...
Put Paper on a Gold Standard, and coins on a Silver Standard.
Of course at the moment, this would require stabilizing the Gold and Silver prices, and there would still be wonky Paper to coin conversions.
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:02 pm
by joao01
H2obouget wrote:Nope. Not from me.
Personally I think that only dead presidents should be on the bills ...and coins. (but see below)
Pull Hamilton off the 10 (most people just assume that he was a president.), Franklin off the 100 (Yes Franklin is a great man, but he's not a president) and Chase off the 10,000 (moot point on the last... no longer in print)
Pull 1 dollar coins completely. They have never caught on.
Optionally, put only dead presidents on paper currency and rotate every 5 years (Use all the presidents, and rotate each president through each bill before repeating. It would take 200 years to do so), put whatever you want on coins, but the image on coins must rotate every year.
This makes paper and coins collectable, pulling them from circulation.
Another option, though much harder to establish and maintain...
Put Paper on a Gold Standard, and coins on a Silver Standard.
Of course at the moment, this would require stabilizing the Gold and Silver prices, and there would still be wonky Paper to coin conversions.
I don't think I'm ok with Obama on currency.
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:04 pm
by AR15L
joao01 wrote:
I don't think I'm ok with Obama on currency.
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:08 pm
by H2obouget
joao01 wrote:H2obouget wrote:Nope. Not from me.
Personally I think that only dead presidents should be on the bills ...and coins. (but see below)
Pull Hamilton off the 10 (most people just assume that he was a president.), Franklin off the 100 (Yes Franklin is a great man, but he's not a president) and Chase off the 10,000 (moot point on the last... no longer in print)
Pull 1 dollar coins completely. They have never caught on.
Optionally, put only dead presidents on paper currency and rotate every 5 years (Use all the presidents, and rotate each president through each bill before repeating. It would take 200 years to do so), put whatever you want on coins, but the image on coins must rotate every year.
This makes paper and coins collectable, pulling them from circulation.
Another option, though much harder to establish and maintain...
Put Paper on a Gold Standard, and coins on a Silver Standard.
Of course at the moment, this would require stabilizing the Gold and Silver prices, and there would still be wonky Paper to coin conversions.
I don't think I'm ok with Obama on currency.
Once he's dead....no one will care about his politics anymore. And if you use a rotational 5 year plan...it will take like 170 ish years before he shows up.
Rumor has it that Andrew Jackson was an royal PITA...but no one today remembers his politics, his behavior....hell 50% of America probably thinks he is related to Micheal Jackson.
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:01 pm
by cmica
AR15L wrote:joao01 wrote:
I don't think I'm ok with Obama on currency.
instead of spending it I'd be wiping it and flushing
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:35 am
by joao01
cmica wrote:AR15L wrote:joao01 wrote:
I don't think I'm ok with Obama on currency.
instead of spending it I'd be wiping it and flushing
Doesn't look like Barrack. I think that is Barry.
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:56 am
by WaJim
cmica wrote:AR15L wrote:joao01 wrote:
I don't think I'm ok with Obama on currency.
instead of spending it I'd be wiping it and flushing
It's still good after wiping.....
Thinking instead of flushing I'd spend it
IIRC I think they're only good for Fortified wine and T-Bone steaks.
Ill skip the wine.
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:11 am
by lionhrt
kf7mjf wrote:It's illegal for a living person to be on a bill.
Also, why just those three? Are there no other women in US history worthy of being honored?
HILLARY!!
I deferentially want Hillary to be on the 20 then
Re: A womans face on the $20 ?
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:22 am
by glockgirl
Given that the debate is currently centred on replacing Andrew Jackson with a worthy American woman on the $20, I'm opposed just because I happen to be a direct descendant of President Jackson's...plus he nearly beat an attempted assassin, the first Presidential assassination attempt in American history, to death with a hickory cane (thus the nickname "Old Hickory"). The attempted assassin's life (who was armed with two pistols, later inspected and found to be in fully working order) was saved only by Jackson's assistants pulling him off of the would-be assassin.
Pretty badass.