Bye Bye Hamilton

I think the ten is a good choice for all of these reasons given here (except my own, of course).

I only spend one ten every other week. I buy lunch at one of my favourite spots with a twenty one week, get a ten in change. I then use the ten for that lunch the next week. Repeat cycle.

People are going to complain, so I suppose they may as well limit the exposure.

Hey, when did I break a THOUSAND posts!

for me!

A topic for another venue.


Friday, 12 June 2015 at 7:07 PM

I am extremely disappointed in this decision. Leave it our government to take a perfectly good idea and make a mess of it. Yes, I'm soapboxing right now.

I agree Hamilton has earned his place on our currency (sorry JBuck, lol). Revolutionary War officer, Frist Secretary of the Treasury, and the man largely responsible, IMHO, for making the U.S.A. an economically viable nation. Without his work, this nation could have easily shattered into pieces. To explain would take a few pages, but this is just my point of view.

Now Andrew Jackson, look, the guy fascinates me and I enjoy reading about that period in American History. But let's face it, his human rights record, by current standards, isn't exactly the greatest. Yes, it may be unfair to judge a man outside his period of history, and yes, by forcing Native Americans off their lands he opened millions of new acres for settlement. But, the Trail of Tears? Not exacly a high point in our nation's saga, by any measure. At the same time, we haven't offered to give the land back, have we?

I like the idea of putting a female historical figure on our currency. I even voted in the online ballot for Harriet Tubman (she put her life on the line for other people's freedom). But now they're putting her on the $10 Bill and getting rid of Hamilton? Give me a break. Its also kind of an insult. The $10 bill is probably the least used between the $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills. So thats the one they give to a female?

I have heard the redesign argument and I don't buy it. This is just playing politics, as usual.

I guess if they announce that Hamilton is moving to the $20 I'll stop griping a bit, but why not just leave Hamilton where he is and give the female inductee (whoever she is) the $20 note?

Ok, I'm done soapboxing. Thanks folks.

This is what has piqued my interest the most in this thread.

You make a good argument, Afab67.


I am glad my enigmatic post is actually doing some good.

Jbuck? Is Aaron Burr a distant relative of yours?