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Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - Wags - 04-21-2016
By today's standards Andrew Jackson was a homicidal sociopath, who righteously committed genocide against indigenous Americans in order to facilitate slavery. He had tanned Indian skins on display in the White House that he would proudly show to visitors.
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - Racer X - 04-21-2016
Alongside a massive wheel of cheese, IIRC.
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - N-OS X-tasy! - 04-21-2016
Onamuji wrote:
Better this way than the original proposal, which would have had him sharing the front.
Would have been awkward, him owning slaves and all.
Not to mention now it's the white guy's turn to go to the back of the
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - chopper - 04-21-2016
I knew this forum would not let me down.
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - OWC Jamie - 04-21-2016
Why couldn't we just have some new bills without the continuing deleting of American culture and history.
A $0.99 bill could come in handy
maybe even usable to pay for downsized food packaging.
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - $tevie - 04-21-2016
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - $tevie - 04-21-2016
If you Google you will see that currency used to be changed fairly frequently. In fact these faces may be the longest used ever. So what people are mistaking for tradition is in fact more like government inertia.
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - N-OS X-tasy! - 04-22-2016
$tevie wrote:
Eminent Domain.
miley-laughing001:
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - rjmacs - 04-22-2016
Onamuji wrote:
If you want to compare, do so with a peer. Similarly situated, Jefferson worked to ban the slave trade and emancipate slaves across the nation, freeing many of his slaves before his death. (Didn't take it all the way and free them all.)
Let's be absolutely clear about Jefferson. He freed seven slaves upon his death. The other 130 were sold at auction.
Re: Andrew Jackson: The reports of my death on the $20 bill are greatly exaggerated - Onamuji - 04-22-2016
rjmacs wrote:
Let's be absolutely clear about Jefferson. He freed seven slaves upon his death. The other 130 were sold at auction.
Freed a few before his death. Let a bunch "run away" (possibly his children) without sending anyone after them.
Not saying the guy was perfect. Just saying he made an effort.