$20 Plaques: Jackson vs. Tubman (2 Viewers)

[RagahRagah]

It doesn't need to be. But what's the big deal if it is?

The big deal is just what I stated. All this ego and political correctness. Our economy is still pretty bad, corporate capatalism is destroying this country, government in shambles but changing the face in a bill is important? Think of the time and resources that go it things like this.

Am I really the only one bothered by this? We have REAL issues to deal with other than helping stroke people's egos.

 

[jbutler]

The big deal is just what I stated. All this ego and political correctness. Our economy is still pretty bad, corporate capatalism is destroying this country, government in shambles but changing the face in a bill is important?

Am I really the only one bothered by this? We have REAL issues to deal with other than helping stroke people's egos.

You do understand that the department charged with overseeing the design of currency can do literally nothing to address the other problems you've mentioned, right?

You asked "why are things like this so important?" but it looks to me like you're the one making it a big deal. It's just a redesign of some currency.

 

[BukNaked36]

You could have a New Deal-er button and everything.

This deserves more love...

 

[BukNaked36]

You do understand that the department charged with overseeing the design of currency can do literally nothing to address the other problems you've mentioned, right?

You asked "why are things like this so important?" but it looks to me like you're the one making it a big deal. It's just a redesign of some currency.

It's not important.

It does wreak of being overly PC which is just annoying.

 

[slisk250]

You do understand that the department charged with overseeing the design of currency can do literally nothing to address the other problems you've mentioned, right?

You asked "why are things like this so important?" but it looks to me like you're the one making it a big deal. It's just a redesign of some currency.

Don't we need to update and continually change currency? I think the $100 is the most counterfeited bill on the planet (or it was). I would presume that the $20 is in the top ten world wide. When I was teaching in Scottsdale, there was a new middle school the opened in the early 90's (Mountainside) We were all bitchin' in the south about all the money they dumped into that wealthy neighborhood school. I guess it went further than just the building. There were 8th graders using color photo printers (my school had none) back then that were cranking out $5s so good that cash change machines at coin op car washes and laundromats were accepting them. The story was somehow kept out of the press. The secret service was involved and I was reprimanded for sending a shitty b&w copy of a $1 to the school board for bitchin' about not having a good enough printer to help make ends meet. I still thought my joke was funny, they did not.

Plus - Our money is boring. I just got back from South Africa. Check out their currency notes. They are colorful and feature wild animals as well as Nelson M. I say we remove all the presidents and go with bald eagles, buffalo, rattlesnakes, gila monsters, and friggin' grizzly bears.

We just need a better photo of Tubby on this one.

 

[jbutler]

Don't we need to update and continually change currency?

We do and the current $20 is due for a redesign/upgrade anyway, which I guess is partly why it was chosen for replacement. I think it was originally supposed to be the $10 bill, but was changed to the $20.

I think the $100 is the most counterfeited bill on the planet (or it was). I would presume that the $20 is in the top ten world wide. When I was teaching in Scottsdale, there was a new middle school the opened in the early 90's (Mountainside) We were all bitchin' in the south about all the money they dumped into that wealthy neighborhood school. I guess it went further than just the building. There were 8th graders using color photo printers (my school had none) back then that were cranking out $5s so good that cash change machines at coin op car washes and laundromats were accepting them. The story was somehow kept out of the press. The secret service was involved and I was reprimanded for sending a shitty b&w copy of a $1 to the school board for bitchin' about not having a good enough printer to help make ends meet. I still thought my joke was funny, they did not.

This is hilarious. Also happened in my high school in the early 90s. We had two lunch counters: one official with school sponsored lunch and one unofficial where the school would allow student groups to sell food as a fundraiser two or three days a week. The student-run lunch counter was always a giant mess with at least 5 students working the till (which was really just a loose cash drawer under the counter) and a giant swath of kids throwing money at the kids behind their counter.

One kid would print $20 bills on his printer at home and spend them at the student-run lunch counter. Pizza was $1 a slice. Buy two slices and make $18. He got away with it for much longer than you'd have thought. Then one day he goes up to the counter and sees a girl up front tell another student that if they want to pay with a $20 they have to call a teacher because they're not allowed to take any bills larger than $5 anymore. So game over for our little counterfeiter.

 

[Jambine]

Say what you will about Jackson, he had great hair.....

With all due respect to Harriet Tubman (and I mean that sincerely)......... umm, Jackson did have great hair
so I would say Jackson for the plaques

 

[12thMan]

I say we remove all the presidents and go with bald eagles, buffalo, rattlesnakes, gila monsters, and friggin' grizzly bears.

I usually hate change and yell at clouds when it happens, but I am fully on board with this!! Big ass snarling grizzly on the $100, an eagle pulling a salmon out of the water on a pearl bill that has pink and blue hues on it for the $1, maybe a road runner on the quarter... Hell yeah, sounds awesome. Plus, with the hundreds now being called "grizzlies" instead of "bengies" rappers don't need to change up their rhyme schemes much. It's all about the ga-rizz-a-lies baby!!!