Well, it's almost a day later and I'm still angry that the Treasury Department is planning to remove Alexander Hamilton from his role as cover boy on the $10 bill and replace him with a woman to be named later.
The “ten-dollar founding father,” to borrow a line from the new musical that's headed to Broadway, clearly deserves better than this.
Harriet Tubman was the narrow winner of the recent Women on 20s campaign, which sought to put a female face on the $20 bill. More than 600,000 votes were cast.Readers' Turn: The Right Woman for the $10 BillJUNE 23, 2015
I'm all in favor of honoring a woman, but it's obvious the government should instead remove Andrew Jackson from the $20. Mr. Hamilton was one of the best economic policy makers in American history; Mr. Jackson, in addition to being a terrible person, was one of the worst. Hamilton pushed for the creation of a national currency; Jackson hated paper money. Either the folks at Treasury have a dark sense of humor, or they know nothing about the two men.
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