Question:
The Treasury has announced that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20, your thoughts?
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
The Treasury has announced that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20, your thoughts?
354 answers:
Andy F
2016-04-20 15:42:45 UTC
Good. Harriet Tubman was indeed a hero and a leader.



And while Jackson played a very positive role in advancing the political rights of lower-income white men on the western frontier, his role in uprooting the Cherokee and other Indian tribes from the south and sending on the "trail of tears" into exile in Oklahoma was basically a war crime. At least most people today would call it one.



Replacing Jackson's face with Harriet Tubman's face therefore is a good idea.
.Jerry.
2016-04-21 08:49:21 UTC
"The Treasury has announced that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20, your thoughts?"



Why should I care? It's not my "money". It is owned by the private Federal Reserve and is nothing more than a promissory note for the fruits of my labour.



Some of you might find this very interesting as to why it's Andrew Jackson that is being replaced and not someone else. Former president Andrew Jackson was the one and only president to EVER pay off the entire US debt. This has never occurred again.



Bankers HATE that. A country with NO interest payments. He also killed the 2nd US bank which was the precursor to the Federal Reserve because he fore-saw the control that the Zionist bankers would have on the nation in the future.



That future is now. Actually for several decades now.
Hannah
2016-04-20 23:45:52 UTC
Harriet Tubman was a pretty heroic person if you ask me. She risked her life for something good. I think she can compare with an american war hero 100% because, in fact, the very thing she put her life on the line for time and time again was the freedom of other people (like what people do in war). Now, whether Harriet Tubman or Andrew Jackson is on the bill I really dont care much (as long as the person in ink is worthy) 'cause come on. It's just a piece of cloth which's value has been agreed upon. I dont think it matters that much. Then again I do think the reason they may replace Jackson with Tubman is pretty dang stupid, but all in all the $20 bill is still a worthless rectangle of flimsy materiel so whatever.
Rjriverbank
2016-04-20 15:38:17 UTC
Why the suddenly pressing need to be politically correct? And how long before there's a demand an American Indian? Hispanic American? Asian-American? Where are the Jewiish Americans? Do we need a man and a women from each ethnicity?

Just as an aside, Andrew Jackson was the last president to preside over an United States (wow, is that an awkward English grammar rule) that had NO federal debt.
?
2016-04-20 13:14:31 UTC
Nobody should be depicted on US currency. The Founding Fathers themselves would have found it insulting that they are even on US currency because they hated the idea of people honoring them as if they were royalty who we're better then the common citizen. That's what the British monarchy did and does. They wanted to be considered normal everyday people who just served the public and that anyone can do great things just like they did, regardless if some of them came from prominent means. George Washington has been rolling in his grave since his face was put on the $1 bill, has a statue with his head on top of a body doing the as if so below baphomet pose and that there's an obelisk monument named after him. He was a Freemason and it was Masons who decided to do these things, but when he was a member they had a different belief system altogether because the lodges were hijacked through infiltration by other secret societies as retaliation that now teach to embrace elitist attitudes.
Kinkade 0001
2016-04-22 06:19:20 UTC
Nothing against Harriet Tubman.....but this is the first step to breaching the damn and washing away factual historical achievement in favor of popular achievement. Again, I have nothing against Harriet Tubman but side by side with Andrew Jackson there's no comparison. Tubman is displacing a truly great President on the 20$ bill, not because her achievements (although impressive) warrant it...but because her gender and skin color DEMAND it. Honoring her achievements should not mean denigrating Jackson or displacing him in the process. I agree that she should be honored in some way...but creating the precedent of removing a president from the currency opens the door to feminists kicking Washington off the 1$ bill and replacing him with Helen Keller...because he was an evil, white , patriarchal slave owning white male.....and he DESERVES to be removed in favor of a noble woman. That sounds crazy now....but give it 10 years.
2016-04-21 04:59:19 UTC
We have fallen to Political Correctness in a completion of this

idiotic removal of a President of the United States from our

currency. This so called civil rights individual does not now

or should ever be placed on a 20 10 5 or 1 bill. If that is the

criteria for going on our currency. Then by all means add.

Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse. At least they were measured

leaders of a people.
Sephiroth~The One Winged Angel~
2016-04-22 15:47:59 UTC
I think there is a way to honor Herriet Tubman without disrespecting Andrew Jackson. I say this because when has a President or figure been removed from U.S. currency?



So if we are going to try to be politically correct and put Ms. Tubman on the 20 dollar bill because she's a woman and she's african american, then maybe we ought to ask ourselves why should we remove Mr Jackson? Because he's white and a male? Perhaps Ms Tubman would be better off on a 2 dollar bill or on the back of the 20 dollar bill or something. But, call me a stickler, but I feel the removal of Mr. Jackson is disrespectful to the history of our nation.
Tremaine
2016-04-20 12:34:17 UTC
Harriet Tubman was a hero and leader too. Not saying the $20 bill should be changed but you can't discredit her importance in American history
Gerry
2016-04-20 12:04:48 UTC
Ridiculous in my opinion. So many issues in the country and this is what it comes down to now - wish someone like Abigail Adams or Eleanor Roosevelt would have been chosen. Andrew Jackson was great American President and in the War of 1812 was a solidified hero - this is just a case of idiocy when real issues need to be addressed.
Reef
2016-04-20 14:22:54 UTC
If I'm being honest, Andrew Jackson was a genius, and one of the best leaders this country has had. All respect to Harriet, but black slavery was not as bad as is believed. For the most part, in North America, it was men doing farm work for a place of living, food, and clothe. They were not beaten as is believed, as you can't beat something like that and expect it to work. Black slaves were hard to import, and expensive. Indentured servants (British prisoners and Irish men) however, were easy to import and treated like dirt, due to low difficulty of obtainment. Black slaves were sold by their brothers in Africa, anyway. Americans had little to do with importation of slaves, as well. I'm off-topic. The bottom line is that the Civil War, much like the Revolutionary war, was fought over taxes, not slaves. Andrew Jackson was a genius and a leader, and Harriet did nothing but help enforce taxes further.
Marli
2016-04-20 15:05:33 UTC
Some of us in Canada have requested that our great women should be on our dollar bills, in recognition that women's achievements matter as much as men's. Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first woman to own and run a newspaper in Canada (The Provincial Freeman) and the first black woman to do so in North America, was born in Delaware and died in Washington D.C. If she doesn't make the cut here, you should consider her.



I'm all for Harriet Tubman getting recognition, whether it's on your $20 bill and anywhere else. She was an intrepid woman, risking her life by going south several times to lead her people to freedom. She had quite a price on her head. She also lived between her "journeys" for a few years in St. Catharines, Ontario, so we have a small part in her life and she in our history.



I know you make a point of honouring your presidents on your money - and why not leave Old Hickory where he is if the majority want him there? Or why not give Harriet Tubman some time on the Ten? The ladies should be represented too. Didn't Abigail, Mrs. John Adams, want their concerns acknowledged when John was working on the Constitution? I think it's good that this stimulates interest in your history.
cross-stitch kelly
2016-04-21 05:55:02 UTC
I'm glad about this, but not just because Harriet Tubman was a deserving person. She fought for what was right, risked her life helping many people, and deserves to be recognized. And Jackson's not the hero you seem to think he was. Yes, he won the Battle of New Orleans, a battle that actually happened after the technical end of the War of 1812, but he also did some terrible things as president, such as the Indian Removal Act which took the Cherokee nation (and many others) from their homeland, which was good farmland, to Oklahoma, where they had no ties and which was much poorer soil, all so others could take it instead. I've never liked the man, and it's time to recognize other people who have made contributions to this country.
2016-04-23 17:31:05 UTC
Andrew Jackson is overrated. If it were Washington or Hamilton I'd have a problem, but Jackson is a strange bird that I never really cared for. He killed a man in cold blood, raped and pillaged the Native Americans... I mean, any accomplishment he might have is superseded by his pugnacious personality. He was a wretched man. Harriet Tubman, I can dig that. It's not some ridiculous nobody that often gets pushed on us, like Sacajawea. I don't mean anything rude by that, but as far as contributing to American Society, Harriet Tubman was a much better role model than a teenybopper and murderer.
Lily
2016-04-21 05:26:03 UTC
I think it's a great idea. Jackson created the trail of tears and killed thousands of Native Americans. Harriet Tubman the lives of many slaves.

Truthfully I'm excited for all of the design changes. I'm very happy they are keeping Alexander Hamilton on the ten (big Hamilton fan here). Andrew Jackson is still going to be on the bill, but he's going on the back.

20- Harriet Tubman on the front, Andrew Jackson on the back

10- Alexander Hamilton on the front, Women's suffrage on back

5-Abraham Lincoln on the front, MLK, Marian Anderson, and Eleanor Roosevelt on the back.

I think it's awesome how they're showing women and african americans on the new bills.
2016-04-21 17:27:59 UTC
Andrew Jackson DID do a lot for America, but the TRUTH is he treated the native Americans living in the states like garbage and had them deported to the territory of Oklahoma in the punishing trail of tears. Jackson may have been tortured or mistreated as a prisoner of war by Indians in the war of 1812 but that is no excuse to say to a whole group of people who had been living there for melinia get the #%*€ out. Harriet Tubman hated slavery because she was a slave and refused to be treated like a black dog and led many leaves to freedom in the north. I suppose both are worthy of something however sacaguea was on a bronze dollar so why not mint a Harriet Tubman silver dollar worth 2$ and put it in circulation? I wonder what the back side will feature? Shame to see Jackson go!! He had been there for so long.
?
2016-04-20 15:01:35 UTC
Harriet Tubman is a hero. She saved many slaves with the Underground Railroad and served as a spy during the Civil War. I'm glad she's going to be on the 20$ bill.
?
2016-04-20 22:52:17 UTC
It could go both ways really, Harriet Tubman was a strong woman who did A LOT for our country, she saved many slaves and helped make our county what it is today. Andrew Jackson had um, great hair and in reality he wasn't much of a hero. He actually made many problems if you really look into it. closed the national banking system

. He only put his friends in government jobs. This was known as the "spoil system".

. He killed many Native Americans.

. He exercised his power in government by ignoring two branches of government.

. He was a slave owner

. He broke campaign promises

ex/ said supported state gov over fed. government then ended up expanding fed gov

Didn't just kill many Native Americans, he was responsible for the Trail of Tears - thousands of Native Americans died because of him.

. In the first inaugural address of Andrew Jackson he said he would observe the Indian's rights which is a consistent habit of our government and the feelings of our people. Then turns around and forces Indians to move west because he found gold in there territory which at the time was Georgia.

He grew up with lots of anger and did some pretty bad things before he squared himself.

• He got into many fights..

So yea.... I think Harriet Tubman would good on that $20 bill hehe
Chiseagal
2016-04-23 10:08:46 UTC
Read your history books. Especially the part about Supreme Court Justice John Marshall and John Ross. Andrew Jackson was a monster. Whether it is Harriet Tubman or Jane Doe. I am glad I will no longer have to see Andrew Jackson's face on my money.
2016-04-20 16:18:32 UTC
The Treasury has announced that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20, your thoughts?

TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE , that's my thoughts !! Ya might wanna tell people who Harriet is, doubt many know except for very few people !!!
?
2016-04-21 02:27:35 UTC
You sound like an air head, Harriet Tubman risked her life for many slaves and black people. She is a huge part in the abolishment of Slavery. Andrew Jackson was a good leader, but he didn't help "we the people" as much as Harriet Tubman
2016-04-20 15:30:45 UTC
I'm so happy with this. Sure Andrew Jackson represented the common-man of his era but he caused the deaths of thousands of Native Americans. I'm also a pacifist so I rather not have such a violent figure a.k.a. "war hero" on the bill. Although it was pretty funny to have him on there because he hated paper money! He was probably rolling over in his grave! But now that that joke has passed, I rather not have him be revered by having his image on U.S. money. Meanwhile, Harriet Tubman saved people from the cruel practice of slavery and was active in the woman's suffrage movement. She's a much better representation of what America should be.

Plus, kicking Jackson off the bill means that my man, Hamilton, won't be pushed off his spot on the ten dollar bill. He was a true representation of the American Dream and even today his story parallels that of immigrants in America.
Namjodh
2016-04-20 12:21:47 UTC
Andrew Jackson murdered thousands of Native Americans. Harriet Tubman helped enslaved people escape to freedom. It's not hard to decide which was the better American - Tubman was and is.
Austin
2016-04-22 20:27:58 UTC
My problem is we ALREADY have someone who was an abolitionist. He's on the $5 bill! I feel they should have put her on the back of the $5. Andrew Jackson should not be removed. There has been much defamation no doubt from ignorant and naïve leftists who drool over any potential hint of political incorrectness like a child over a candy bar. Jackson was a slave owner this is true as were some wealthy people in his time and before just like George Washington. The failed attempt at besmirchment with the native American element of Jackson's tenure is completely fallacious. Jackson pressure the NAs to move West because they were being pushed by Georgia and many people there would have ousted them and caused much slaughter. the Cherokee people were saved because of him. Many died this was sad but at that time in our history NAs and settlers fought as well as NA tribes against each other. Jackson only president to pay off debt. Amazing man.
Aaron
2016-04-20 15:06:44 UTC
**** Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman. They should put John Cena on the $20 bill. But in all seriousness if they do put her *** on the $20 dollar bill, they have to replace the white house on the back with cotton fields. She has no business on there with the white house, just the brutal truth.
Krkrt
2016-04-21 08:22:24 UTC
Andrew Jackson was an jackass. Honestly, although Tubman was never president, she helped thousands. At least Jimmy Carter won't replace Jackson on the $20 bill.
?
2016-04-24 18:37:11 UTC
Truth is, it won't be long before someone defaces Harriet Tubman. Then it'll go viral. I would suggest using the $20 as a canvas and draw the portraits of other more deserving Americans like Jackson.
?
2016-04-24 09:09:27 UTC
Harriet Tubman is the only real choice if you are going to put a woman on a bill. However, I don't like changing history. Jackson was put on the twenty for a reason he was a great President and pivotal to our nation. Now Hamilton while a founding father and first Secy of Treasury is an important man, he would have been the one I would have changed.
deanyourfriendinky
2016-04-20 12:06:07 UTC
The entire conversation is flawed. U.S. Currency won't be around long enough to put anyone new on any bills. The next currency, if there is going to be any printed currency (which I doubt), will be the Amero. Then, after that, all monetary transactions will be conducted using computerized chips.



You will be dragged, kicking and screaming if need be, into the New World Order ... and then you'll forget all about Harriet Tubman, Andrew Jackson, and all that jazz.



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On the news today, 2016-04-20 I heard the report that the Treasury actually does plan on putting Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill. Andrew Jackson is getting moved to the back of the $20 bill. So, of all the people who have done great things for the U.S., Harriet Tubman was the one who was chosen?! That's okay. The Amero is coming (perhaps after North Korea launches a nuclear bomb at the Yellowstone caldera, perhaps before). Oh, well. It won't be a long-lived monetary feature either way.



Not that any of this matters, because U.S. money is only backed by the full faith and credit of the United States ... which really doesn't mean much.
?
2016-04-20 17:20:42 UTC
Andrew Jackson was a terrible man and just about the last president we should be glorifying. He was a slaveowner, hardcore segregationist, and mastermind behind the Trail of Tears that killed thousands of Native Americans. Harriet Tubman was an American hero who adversely has been under glorified in American history. She absolutely deserves to be on the $20.
johnny boy
2016-04-24 09:55:22 UTC
I do think George Washington Carver would have been a better choice. Most of us learned about GWC in grade school, while on the other hand a large percentage of the population has never heard of Harriet Tubman. Before we get to carried away with all things black we should remember our black population is only 16 or so percent. Maybe a better choice would be Cesar Chavez.
ASUGRAD
2016-04-20 14:06:06 UTC
Modern southerners are great. I moved to the "South" back in 2002. I am a modern Native American from Arizona. I am an engineer. The modern white southerners have often been very nice to me.



By contrast, the historical Andrew Jackson from the early 1800s was a genocidal racist. He systematically attacked and killed off Native Americans and personally owned many slaves. Early on, the Cherokees took the side of Andrew Jackson against the Creeks. A Cherokee Scout even saved the life of Andrew Jackson directly. Ironically, years later Jackson forcibly removed the Cherokees to Indian Territory against their will. The Cherokees were often educated and had lawyers. They took their case to the US Supreme Court to legally resist the Indian Removal Act. The US Supreme Court sides with the Cherokees. But Jackson ignored the ruling and sent the Cherokees on the "Trail of Tears." Even Davey Crockett, the legendary Tenessee Volunteer at the Alamo, protested the removal of the Cherokees.

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/20/indian-killer-andrew-jackson-deserves-top-spot-list-worst-us-presidents-98997





Today, I can't help but notice the tribes that had once been in this region are now extinct. They are just plain gone - killed off or relocated. There are individuals with distant Native American ancestry in the area. But they primarily look white. The only tribe to avoid surrender during that era was the Seminoles. Thank God they are still here. The Seminoles were the only tribe to successfully resist Manifest Destiny here in Florida.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awuuzRUs4xQ
Aero
2016-04-20 13:51:30 UTC
I think Harriet Tubman has every right to be on the $20 bill, she was a american hero who freed many african americans from slavery through the underground railroad which was unthinkable in those days for a black woman. If you talk to some native americans today some think Andrew jackson is a criminal so it is based on who you talk to.
?
2016-04-21 04:28:03 UTC
Why should any individual be on our currency? George Washington never wanted his image on our coinage, as he didn't want to be likened to a monarch. The Republic was more important than any one individual. That's why Lady Liberty was the only image on our coins for the first 117 years. Anyways, Martha Washington was once on the $1 bill, so Harriet Tubman is not the first woman to appear on our folding money.
She
2016-04-20 13:00:40 UTC
Harriet Tubman risked her life to help others. Andrew Jackson is a covenant breaker. Tubman trumps Andrew in bravery and honor.
Kinetic Nebula
2016-04-20 12:48:42 UTC
I think it's a great idea. Harriet Tubman was a war hero. She fought in the war against slavery. By comparison, Jackson owned over 100 slaves before during and after his time in the White House and did not free them upon his death. He is the rare great president who was absolutely NOT a great man.
sydni
2016-04-20 15:37:31 UTC
Andrew Jackson was a slave owner so imo he has no business being honored with a $20 bill compared to Harriet Tubman, who was a slave liberator and an amazing woman.
mek
2016-04-23 10:13:42 UTC
I think it's great that an African American women is going to be on our currency, but I feel like it is kind of disrespecting Andrew Jackson. I think that they should it so Harriet Tubman and Andrew Jackson are on them, or something along those lines
Daisy
2016-04-21 08:04:29 UTC
Andrew Jackson was a war hero for his role in the War of 1812. He was also President of the United States. During his presidency, he was responsible for the removal of the Cherokee Indians (and other tribes) from their lands. This was a forced removal - west to Oklahoma- the Trail of Tears. Millions died. How is that heroic? Harriet Tubman risked her life to bring thousands of escaped slaves to freedom. You need to go back to school and learn some more history - your statement is full of ignorance.
?
2016-04-21 08:15:06 UTC
I don't mind if she is on a $20 coin like Sacajewa but she has no business being on our folding currency that is reserved for former presidents. Except the $100 bill which has Franklin.

On second thought we should elevate her position accordingly, replace Franklin with Tubman on the $100.
barbamatt
2016-04-20 16:24:54 UTC
Learn your history. Harriet Tubman was an American hero. She worked hard and contributed to the underground railroad and served as a spy for the Northern States during the civil war.
?
2016-04-20 14:54:22 UTC
Both were heroes and leaders. One helped found the country and the other helped improve it. I see nothing wrong with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

BTW, for all of you putting down Andrew Jackson for being a slave owner, look up "chronological snobbery".
?
2016-04-20 12:03:18 UTC
Well Tubman was absolutely a hero and she is long overdue on a bill, but it shouldn't replace Andrew Jackson.



Why not replace Abraham Lincoln with Tubman, and then put Lincoln on the back with John Brown and Fredrick Douglass?



I think they should put the Sons of Liberty on the back of the $1.00 bill, put the twin towers on the back of the $20.00 bill, and put the patriots at the Battle of the Bulge/Okinawa on the back of the $50.00



Since my understanding has it that they want to put civil rights leaders on the back of the $10.00 bill.
Ahsan
2016-04-21 12:37:04 UTC
Harriet Tubman was a pretty heroic person if you ask me. She risked her life for something good. I think she can compare with an american war hero 100% because, in fact, the very thing she put her life on the line for time and time again was the freedom of other people (like what people do in war). Now, whether Harriet Tubman or Andrew Jackson is on the bill I really dont care much (as long as the person in ink is worthy) 'cause come on. It's just a piece of cloth which's value has been agreed upon. I dont think it matters that much. Then again I do think the reason they may replace Jackson with Tubman is pretty dang stupid, but all in all the $20 bill is still a worthless rectangle of flimsy materiel so whatever.
Lois Griffin
2016-04-20 12:33:05 UTC
Andrew Jackson was a slaver owner.



Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist and a true social justice advocate.
?
2016-04-24 09:42:07 UTC
As much as I want to say I disagree, I can not with the notion of her being on the 20$ bill. Although Andrew Jackson has done amazing things in his lifetime, there is an overwhelming sense of angry when I think of him. While I should be thinking of "War hero" with him the only thing that comes to mind is "Trail of tears" when I think of Harriet Tubman I think of liberation and freedom since she helped several slaves escape. It might be a difficult change for me seeing her face on the 20$ bill though since I am accustomed to seeing Andrew Jackson on that bill.
Dairy's Scary
2016-04-20 14:31:20 UTC
Why is being on money an honor? Andrew Jackson hated the idea of big banks and was almost assassinated 2 times over it. He is famous for saying 'I killed the bank.' Then they put him on a note of the biggest banking institution as an honor? I think not. As far as Tubman goes, I really just don't know.
?
2016-04-20 12:25:18 UTC
i dont have anything against honoring Harriet Tubman, she absolutely deserves to be honored- but why should Jackson lose his spot on the 20? thats not right. Since Lincoln is on the 5 and the penny couldnt Tubman have one of those. Or put her on the gold dollar coin which has featured many different faces. Honor her somewhere but dont disgrace and replace Jackson please
Kai
2016-04-20 18:03:41 UTC
When I first read it, I kind of felt sorry for old Jackson, getting kicked off of his bill after all this time. But I think Tubman, and others, ought to be recognized in some significant manner too. Too bad we're not creating new denominations of money. Then, my second reaction was that maybe having no person on the bills would have been a better idea, maybe depict US specific scenery or something instead. Now, I'm thinking I don't really give a care because $20 bills slide through my hands so fast and, like postage stamps, I don't collect them so as long as they remain legal tender, that's all that matters to me, doesn't matter who or what's on them.
Jared
2016-04-21 07:19:58 UTC
Andrew Jackson, in my opinion, was a great president. He thought for himself, wasn't born into wealth(he earned his reputation), and he attempted to help the people by disrupting the banks. HOWEVER, he was an asshole. Trail of tears, genocide, sound familar? Harriet Tubman was a great person who did an excellent thing with her life. I believe she deserves it. I'd be more outraged if it was replacing Franklin or so.
?
2016-04-21 03:06:15 UTC
First, for some unfathomable reason the Treasury Department wanted to replace Hamilton on the$10 bill. I guess he saw the musical based on Hamilton and found it fabulous.



If the reasons given for replacing Jackson are valid---he owned slaves and mistreated Native Americans, then to be fair we need to replace Washington, Jefferson, and Grant (all slave owners) and Lincoln (served in the Black Hawk War).



Of course if a Republican gets the White House next then we can hope this effort which smacks if political correctness can be countermanded.
?
2016-04-20 21:34:02 UTC
Andrew Jackson did a horrible thing to the American Natives. Although he is a war hero, I do not think he deserves to be on the bill because in this case the negatives weigh out the positive.

I do think it was a good decision to be changed. Equality activists were pissed because the bills of our country had faces of white men. They want true equality for all and think it should have multiple genders and races. Personally, I think every man is equal despite his/her race or gender (there are two of them) and do not think it necessary to make it someone of other descent or gender.

I think it should have been changed to Martin Luther King, Jr. but I'm sure the only reason it was not is because he is a man and Tubman is a woman.
Flying Spaghetti Monster
2016-04-21 07:49:33 UTC
I actually like this idea. Andrew Jackson was a piece of **** who really doesn't deserve any recognition. Even if they weren't replacing his face with Harriet Tubman, I'd still agree that he needs to be removed.
Dreamweaver
2016-04-20 14:43:29 UTC
I agree with all of those that praise Harriet Tubman, and the reasons why. My question is why now, and why on a $20.00 dollar bill. If you want to praise or honor the lady, a statue similar to Martin Luther King would seem like a better way to do it.
yankeesfan12
2016-04-20 16:26:03 UTC
As I see it, the politically correct liberals weren't going to sleep until a woman and a black person were put on a bill (since who's on a bill is clearly an important pressing issue). So as unqualified as Harriet Tubman is at least we kill two birds with one bullet.
Virge
2016-04-21 08:09:28 UTC
Let's not disrespect Jackson.



Or Tubman for the matter - give her a new bill - like a $25, or $500.
Haley
2016-04-20 16:31:14 UTC
i believe harriet tubman was an amazing woman.she freed thousands of slaves and risked her life doing it. everytime she showed slaves the way to freedom she risked being captured or being killed. plus she never lost one slave to the cops. she is an inspiration because she stood up for what she believed in and she should be recognized. andrew jackson might have been a war hero to some people but harriet tubman was a major hero too.
?
2016-04-20 16:11:35 UTC
They Print and produce the Money, what they decide to do will be done; I will Post an Address where all Harriet Tubman $20.00 Bills can be sent, by all disgruntled Citizens, that really want to put their Money where their Mouth is; as well as guaranty that they will disposed of properly; without affecting the American Economy in any negative way. ...0420.2016
joseph
2016-04-24 14:00:53 UTC
african americans played a big role in the history of america bit this is simply not about andrew jackson vs Harriet Tubman its about closing the huge gap between blacks and whites and lately with all the things going on this is and ever better attempt to end racism.
?
2016-04-20 16:39:31 UTC
Jackson did some positive things, particularly beating the slaveowners in the South Carolina Nullification Crisis, but he himself owned slaves, and he beat the slavers by threatening illegal war crimes, actually DID genocidal war crimes against Natives, and was known to ride drunkenly through Washington, shooting at the windows of political enemies. He was a raving, brawling lunatic. The kindest assessment of him is "mixed."



On the other hand, I can't think of ANYTHING not positive about Tubman. And it's about time one of the heroes of the Second Revolution against the slavers got honored across the race line. And a female to boot!



The question really is, IS HAVING YOUR PICTURE ON OUR CORPORATE MASTERS' COMPANY STORE DEBIT CARDS REALLY AN HONOR?
Awesome Bill
2016-04-20 14:29:20 UTC
My only problem is that someone of stature is being removed to accomodate a new face. It would be far better if Harriet Tubman was the face of a new denomination - say a $75 bill.
?
2016-04-23 08:13:40 UTC
Jackson will be on the back with the Whitehouse.



Changes coming to the $10 & $5 as well but I don't know who.



As for the "Best Answer" on here. I bet you're whiter than white. I bet you still treat people like their yours and spit on the poor too. You even have nicknames for them lesser-beings too don't you? You damn sure aren't guilty about slavery when you should be. Slavery is literally the worst thing to ever happen in North America, with the exception of genocide on the Native People..



Since when has any century shaping event been peaceful? It hasn't... Only ideals are peaceful. I suppose ignorance is peaceful too.
2016-04-21 05:53:55 UTC
My understanding is Jackson will be on the obverse giving a new dimension suggesting a bill w/ 2 fronts.

I like Jackson ... times were significantly different back then. He's the first dem president. He tackled the banks and balanced the budget. I think he has the most interesting history of all the US presidents.
levi
2016-04-22 19:12:23 UTC
I think its cool because we never learn about Andrew Jackson but we always learn about the iconic Harriet Tubman.
iamtoohotfortv2000
2016-04-21 08:32:27 UTC
I have to say I am stunned at how uninformed and ignorant many posts here really are.



First of all, 99% of those supporting the change in the $20, support it out of "white guilt" or pure ignorance. If Harriett Tubman was white, she would never be on a $20. Period.



Second of all, NO ONE knows who Ms. Tubman was. No one cares. Slavery ended over a bloody Civil War between the States, NOT because of Ms. Tubman. Ms. Tubman did nothing to end slavery as an institution. That is a fact. I am sorry if that upsets your leftwing sensibilities. Honestly, life is not a "Safe zone", so you are wrong if you think Ms, Tubman did anything meaningful.



Third, Andrew Jackson did amazing things, things unimaginable in today's America led by a failed douchebag named B. Hussein Obummer.



Just to name a couple accomplishments of Andrew Jackson:



1) Ended the central bank (Federal Reserve) of its day by sheer force of will and desire to protect Americans.

2) He paid the entire national debt during his term.

3) Survived 3 assassination attempts.

4) Created a national identity (vs state-identity) after Battle of New Orleans. His victory in New Orleans during War of 1812 generated national pride and people began to identify as "Americans" rather then "Virginians" or "New Yorkers" for the first time in mass scale. This was critical for national unification and without national identity, there is no telling if Civil War could have unified The North as it did if everyone felt they were only part of States and not part of a unified country!

5) Ended all European desires to re-conquer the United States - forever.

6) Made individual citizen voting deciding factor on all Presidential elections, so that the "insider cabal" of politicians in DC could not manipulate the Electoral College and steal the elections from the popular vote anymore (so long as you get required # of Electoral College votes, based on popular vote of the citizens of each State).



Harriet Tubman did NOTHING nearly as important and nothing to leave such a legacy. Her legacy is of accomplishing almost nothing of long-term value. She did nothing to end the institution of slavery and that is what REALLY mattered. This is PC (Politically Correct) garbage at its best. As I said, Tubman would never even be considered if she was white, hispanic, or even asian. This is just PC police on patrol.



Finally, if anyone should come off the Dollar bill, it is Alexander Hamilton. That useless kook suggested the United States, after countless sacrifices made by its people for freedom and independence, that we should go back to being serfs under the British Empire, to have a stronger currency.





Here is to hoping the next president, hopefully, Middle Class American hero Donald J. Trump, reverses this idiocy. We need to end PC nonsense like this in the United States for good.
2016-04-20 18:57:21 UTC
While I respect Harriet Tubman and the ideals she stands for, her story is more folklore than anything. She helped a few slaves to freedom, but Jackson helped smash the mighty British empire. I'm cool with putting Harriet on the nickel or something, but I don't think she should replace AJ on the $20.
2016-04-20 10:57:09 UTC
I think it's a great way to show respect to African Americans and their ancestors. Harriet stands for the fight for freedom, and she stands for kindness and the innocence of the human soul. Andrew, while a leader he was, was a pretty darn evil man. Putting Harriet on the bill inspires African Americans and women. Tis a great day indeed.

We replaced a tyrant with a hero, and that calls for approval and applause. Anyone well versed in American history and social science should agree that this was a great move for the U.S.

The whole country is looking a bit better worldwide.



Edit: People don't seem to understand how happy this makes some people, changing the currency is a huge sign of respect. The removal of Andrew has been long asked for. Trust me, if the bill had someone more worthy on it, people wouldn't have wanted it changed.



Edit: Thumb me down all you like, what's done is done. What are you people going to do? Boycott the $20 bill?

As soon as I get my hands on one I'm framing it. Stay salty my friends.
2016-06-18 16:22:09 UTC
Harriet Tubman was obviously of Jewish heritage, as can be evinced from the "-man" suffix in her name. Andrew Jackson, a former slave himself, pissed off lots of Jews by fighting against central banking. Do the math, sheeple, this is a Zionist ploy to prop up their puppets Obama and Clinton.
2016-04-22 14:31:00 UTC
I like it but basically I am against the "replacement" of anyone. Added to that, paper money is an obsolescent technology. I will agree Jackson had his faults--joined with just about the entire white population. But he was best known for his advocacy of the "common man" and I think that should have been expanded top include everyone rather than discredit the concept. Quite possibly--if Jackson could be awakened from the grave--he would gladly agree to that expansion. I don t see that the "popinjays and mumbo-jumbos" of the present decade should stand in judgment of the past.
Alex
2016-04-20 21:10:04 UTC
$20 is $20
Host
2016-04-20 17:11:46 UTC
Um, Harriet Tubman wasn't a president, and this new black **** is getting on my effing nerves now. They put a black man in a Clone suit, which they are all supposed to be either white or spanish descent. You want black everywhere? Stick to originality. Create a new idea in Black, and work from there. Quit replacing with. Create with. Effing un-original as hell.
Mar7io
2016-04-20 15:49:34 UTC
My best guess is that they are doing this to piss off a bunch of white people. Not all white people care about who is on the twenty dollar bill, but there are a lot some very emotionally injured, fragile, dysfunctional, racist and broken while people out there who are now going to have a picture of their most hated ethnicity right in their face every time they pay with a twenty! Say it isnt so! Thank God I love all races or that would bother me as well. But for those that it will really upset, oh well, i say....
y
2016-04-20 11:00:11 UTC
When is Rushmore going to get it's face lift. At the rate the left is going within 3 decades, there will be nothing left of what we were or how we got here. The country will be like a large % of American families and neighborhoods have become, no connection, nothing that bonds us together, everyone out for their own and believing they are entitled while their neighbor is not. Daycare raising the kids while the parent play taxi then wonder why when the kids grow up, they never call or visit. The latchkeys turned into the helicopters that raised kids who have no clue. Those kids are now raising their kids without any knowledge of how to create an actual emotional bond.
TS
2016-04-21 00:57:23 UTC
Oh no! Harriet Tubman is going to stop me from holding 20 dollar bills!



Oh wait. No she won't.



Oh no! Harriet Tubman is going to stop people from TAKING 20 dollar bills!



Oh wait. No she won't.



Oh no! Harriet Tubman is going to somehow change the value of 20 dollar bills!



Oh wait. No she won't.
?
2016-04-20 14:01:36 UTC
I'm personally not a fan of Jackson, so I'm biased, but either way, I think Tubman has deserved some type of recognition and I don't have anything against this.
Leonard
2016-04-20 16:45:17 UTC
Andrew Jackson Just established the treasury... why should he have a place in it. Let's affirmative action in a black woman that way when kids with a 8th grade reading level fail out of universities they were not qualified to go to they can pay their life long student loan debts with a woman of color on the bills banks pry from their starving hands.
deontaj
2016-04-21 10:42:44 UTC
Thus is a common psychological sales tactic and a great step toward abolishing institutional racism and accepting cultural diversity in this country. The more people see this bill, the less hatred(after time)people would have for different social society's. The government should increase the variety of ethnic groups on federal buildings, structures, and currency.
?
2016-04-24 17:44:39 UTC
Add her to the back

So the **** what she saved 400 people maybe

he saved 10 million in a sense

yah so what he made 120thousand indians move

surival of the fittest so the **** what if they were here first if you think you can be on the border of a growing nation in industry and land without being ****** expecially when you have 1/15 the progression of the technology they have then your stupid

and he won like 95 duels lol

Hes a simple badass

now you putting someone who

not even being racist

looks like a literal MONKEY on the bill

Why not MLK at least

******* jesus

OH WAIT CUS IT HAS TO BE A WOMEN

******* pc people man
?
2016-04-21 17:28:08 UTC
Most people will not agree with me on here based on the like/dislikes on the comments, but I think that Andrew Jackson was not deserving of a spot on the 20 dollar bill. He sent many Native Americans to their death on the trail of tears, and Harriet Tubman did a lot for Blacks and bravely helped them in the civil war. This is also coming from a pretty conservative guy too.
Erica R
2016-04-21 05:39:59 UTC
Andrew Jackson was a freaking racist, like you (and sexist as well). You don't want Tubman on our money because she's black and female (as if it was only white men who made contributions to our country). It's time black folks and women got some recognition too so get over it!
?
2016-04-21 12:38:51 UTC
Harriet Tubman seems to have been, from what I read, a very courageous woman but I think the US currency should only depict the founding fathers.
JaNE Doe
2016-04-20 22:58:13 UTC
If you don't know who Harriet Tubman is, it's okay, you're not going to be dealing with very many $20s.
?
2016-04-20 20:41:53 UTC
In my opinion, Harriet Tubman has no business being on the $20, unlike Andrew Jackson, who was a war hero and a leader.
Sam
2016-04-20 15:10:39 UTC
Nothing against Harriet Tubman, but just..... Why..........? Just because someone thought she is also important to history is not a reason to change what we are used up seeing in bills every day! Jeeeeez... But yeah, I prefer war hero, he played a bigger role in our country's overall development than Tubman. If it ain't broken, don't fix it, how about them apples....
2016-04-20 17:38:48 UTC
Nothing wrong with that! But... at what overblown cost to taxpayers to hire engravers to make the plates? Harriet Tubman WAS an American heroine and should be remembered as such, not that she was the only one but it's about time we started moving away from the implied mysogyny implied throughout history (herstory?). Woman have contributed to historical advancement of OUR AMERICAN society in each and every endeavor and deserve recognition for their sacrifices throughout OUR AMERICAN history. It's about time!
?
2016-04-20 10:46:55 UTC
Harriet Tubman saved people's lives. Andrew Jackson lead the Native Americans on the trail of tears. Andrew Jackson is a war hero and a leader but he also has some bad things associated with him. Whereas Harriet Tubman doesn't.
Marie
2016-04-20 13:12:39 UTC
I really hope you're trolling. What do you have against Harriet Tubman? That's like hating a...I don't know, libraries and democracy and wildflowers. I've never heard of anything negative about her.



And if by "war hero" you mean "slave-owning Hitler to Native Americans," then I guess you're right.
S T
2016-04-22 13:39:59 UTC
If you think being someones slave is not that bad, why don't you try it for yourself? As intelligent as your arguments against Harriet Tubman were, you've spoiled it with your ignorance towards human rights. She might not be my favorite as well, but i think the USA is trying to accomodate African Americans a little more.
Blaf
2016-04-20 19:31:31 UTC
No, just no. Andrew Jackson is the 7th president in the United States. He has been shot, been in gunfights, and was the first president to almost be assassinated. He then beat his assassin. I would've at least felt a little better if they were adding it for her heroic acts and not the feminist cause, but still, Andrew Jackson should stay up there.
?
2016-04-20 17:00:13 UTC
Are you out of your mind? She is just as much, if not more of a hero than Andrew Jackson. She saved people that were being opressed by SLAVERY! She did not just lead some war. Not to say Andrew Jackson wasn't wonderful. But you can't seriously believe leading a war is more courageous and honorable than helping to FREE SLAVES!
2016-04-21 02:40:04 UTC
Andrew Jackson hated banks and would not want to be on the money as the money is controlled by the banks, Andrew Jackson was like one if not the best president we have ever had. So whatever if they replace him on the m!money, he woken want to be on the federal private bank reserves bank notes which are really debt notes. He killed the bank, but they came back so!me time after his death.
2016-04-20 17:18:37 UTC
I don't hate Harriet nor do I idolize Jackson, but I generally think it's really disrespectful to completely replace him. A three dollar bill, anyone?
Dr Yes level 9 since 1999
2016-04-21 10:20:40 UTC
Jackson did some terrible things but he was still a president. Tubman did some great things but was never president. They should put somebody else on there like Barack.
Eddie
2016-04-21 07:00:29 UTC
Andrew Jackson despised the banks and actively sought to kill it, which he did by vetoing the charter of the Second National Bank. He also hated paper money and thought it should be circulated via hard money like coins. This is aside from the fact he was a slaveholder himself, who also despised the Native Indians, forcing them out of their native homes and into the Trial Of Tears, during which many thousands died.
?
2016-04-22 20:06:20 UTC
As long as it spends.. I do not care. Good grief , What are we five year olds? Andrew doesn't care. He had a lovely home and got to be on the twenty and had great hair. Let's move on . Harriet deserves some respect.
?
2016-04-20 18:46:16 UTC
Jackson is/still a controversial president and there is no surprise he is the first to be taken off of a bill. Tubman was a strong and brave woman who deserves more recognition. Jackson HATED the national bank and HATED printed money so he is probably happy to finally be taken off of it
?
2016-04-20 21:48:09 UTC
Tubman on the $20 is a disrespect to American history
ahwowner
2016-04-20 12:26:16 UTC
The United States currency is not worth the paper that its printed on. Therefore, it is more of an insult than an honor to put Tubman on it.
Tad Dubious
2016-04-21 05:20:28 UTC
My thoughts, as requested: you are truly an ACI, expressing your disfavor for an action that has yet to happen; I don't know if I rate war hero the same way, but Miss Tubman risked her life as a Union spy in the civil war, so I think that counts, too; and finally, defacing American currency is illegal. You can look it up: http://www.livescience.com/34286-legal-or-illegal-to-destroy-coins-paper-money.html
Sarah
2016-04-20 21:03:58 UTC
I thought they were considering putting both on the $20. Not completely replacing Jackson. She would be on the front and Jackson on the back.
?
2016-04-24 16:39:35 UTC
Andrew was a good man, but I think now he will not be able to beat Tubman for sure
rico
2016-04-20 23:37:00 UTC
Harriet Tubman has helped lots of people escaped and slaved thousands.
2016-04-20 23:50:37 UTC
How dare a Slave replace a great American on our currency! This Administration has made too many concessions to the blacks that they do not deserve. This is why we need the Republicans to win in November. This is another Mickey Mouse Law that will be up for repeal.
2016-04-24 11:22:10 UTC
They are both significant people in our nation's history. With that said, it's beyond disrespectful to "replace" someone off of anything, unless they did something very wrong. If they want a female on a dollar bill, they should create another dollar bill, like bringing back the $2 bill.



Replacing someone is wrong.
Honest
2016-04-21 01:27:53 UTC
Andrew Jackson and his soldiers came to my Nation

saying: All of you too Red must walk west out of your

lands and not return. All of you too Black must walk

east back your slavery. All of you too White must walk

back to your corn liquor industry and begin paying taxes.

He must have thought that was worth $20 for his time.

Harriet Tubman is worth $20 for my being too White.
get
2016-04-21 11:23:12 UTC
Idiot treasury. What's next? Obama replaces George Washington on $1 bill?
?
2016-04-20 15:45:10 UTC
I have a lot of respect for Ms. Tubman, but let's real. That picture is UGLY. At least show her at her prime. This one makes her look like Aunt Jimima.
?
2016-04-20 18:25:50 UTC
Honestly it doesn't bother me, at all this is a woman who helped free slaves and she is also a important figure to some women but some bigots won't ever understand they'll say he was a "war hero" But In My eyes and knowledge "Slave Owner" but I'm laughing at some of the racist people because now I bet some of them will never want to hold a 20$ bill they'll avoid it when shopping ect, LMAO
?
2016-04-21 07:48:30 UTC
He is not being replaced. Jackson will be on the reverse side with Tubman on the front.
Grinning Football plinny younger
2016-04-21 01:22:27 UTC
You could be right, it's hard to know how Harriet a.k.a Mother Moses would have felt about being on a ticket that took the freedom away from her people.
2016-04-20 15:42:54 UTC
I'm not a "Racist" but: Put Her on a coin, U.S. Treasury Department did it in 1976 ..."The Native American Indian Tribes were here first....!!!" Leave the Presidents on the paper bills. If they don't most "Patriotic Americans" will revolt and refuse to accept the change done by this administration and their way of "Jamming Polical Correctness Way Too Far...!!!"
Maria S
2016-04-21 11:09:44 UTC
Its pretty stupid, seeing how Andrew Jackson was our president, and helped all Americans, and Harriet Tubman did nothing to help any Americans except black ones.
2016-04-21 04:20:46 UTC
They should leave it alone. So am I supposed to say I have a stack of Tubman's now instead of a stack of Jacksons?
Red
2016-04-20 13:58:38 UTC
She worked for Republican Abe Lincoln during the Civil war so I think it is good she is replacing the democrat Andrew Jackson.
nikki1234
2016-04-20 20:40:23 UTC
bending over backwards and taking andrew jackson off of the twenty-dollar bill? when did you ever get a chance to vote on that?

harriet tubbman deserves some respect, but not as much as the political president of the united states of america, andrew jackson.
Joanie
2016-04-20 21:27:24 UTC
Andrew Jackson has no business being on the $20 bill. He wasn't even a good president and he massacred thousands of Native Americans.
?
2016-04-20 21:08:36 UTC
Harriet tubman was a hero
mountainman
2016-04-20 16:15:06 UTC
its just pandering and white guilt. Andrew Jackson was a president Tubman wasn't. enough said.
2016-04-20 12:57:14 UTC
Mentally Challenged Lives Matter!!!!



Well, today's politically correct, "green footprint" society is supposed to be diverse, right?? OK then--let's rally to put some mentally challenged "hero" on some coin or monetary bill currency!!



Either that---or we put the Taco Bell Dog on the $20 bill.
thunderball
2016-04-24 02:47:54 UTC
Let's not forget that Pres Cleveland was on the twenty before Jackson... Cleveland was one of the dullest men of his century. If he can grace the twenty, so can Tubman.
?
2016-04-23 12:30:06 UTC
Tubman fought for slaves, Jackson owned slaves.
?
2016-04-22 20:08:18 UTC
That ***** was cool but her *** shouldn't be kickin my man Andrew L. JACKSON off the $20 BILL!. F#ck that sh!t! This is petty, leave history alone! Build her a statue or some sh!t!
?
2016-04-21 00:00:31 UTC
couldn't really care less as I live overseas now and use Euro's-



But as an old coin collector and bill collector........I'm Always interested in new mintage of coins and bills. I have an old $500 and $1000 bill in my collection and want to add the $5000 and $10,000 someday.
2016-04-22 20:44:57 UTC
Slavery lasted for 2000 years in the western world.



Slavery lasted in the US for 300-400 years till the end at the US civil war.



George Washington/Thomas Jefferson/Jackson all owned slaves and owned hundred of slaves.



we should know and should acknowledge slavery lasted for 2000 years in the western world.
Lil Drummer girl
2016-04-21 11:50:36 UTC
Herriet Tubman did great things too. I think if it wasn't meant to be an "in your face" Action by Democrats, It wouldn't be a problem. It could be worse, They could want to take In God We Trust off of the money, or they could want to put Obama or Hillary on it.
?
2016-04-20 12:22:18 UTC
She is one of those Black History Characters, a minor actor, dredged up and used in "Black History" to help The Democrat party manipulate and exploit Black people for votes and keep them on "the plantation". Not that she wasn't a Hero of sorts, but her contribution by helping a few slaves escape on the underground railroad pales before the importance and influence of Andy Jackson---She was one of MANY "conductors"---we just happen to know her name.
?
2016-04-21 22:53:37 UTC
Is the bill still worth $20? That's all I care about personally.
2016-04-20 16:49:09 UTC
Well I would suppose many people will now indeed use their pens to draw guns and ropes on the bill or maybe use it as toilet paperl. They will have good times with it. So no matter what, those who don't want it will be smiling and having more fun with life in general.
hawaiian
2016-04-23 22:47:23 UTC
I think that's really cool. Bout time we have a lack man on the dollar bills. To all the stupid inbred racist rednecks, accept it or not. I can tell some guys aren't gonna carry around 20s anymore.
malcolmx
2016-04-20 12:43:57 UTC
Andrew Jackson should have never ever been on the $20.00. He is a murderer and was a slave holder of 300 as he went on acquiring them. So if anyone doesn t have business being on any currency its him. He was no war hero.
MR.305
2016-04-20 15:37:02 UTC
I've always seen money as money. As long as it can be used to buy me things, i'm pretty cool with anybody but Kanye West being on a 20$ bill.
Ron
2016-04-20 17:37:44 UTC
I would have put her on the $10 in order to replace Hamilton who thought that a national deficit was a good idea.
Almighty_1964
2016-04-20 16:26:17 UTC
They should have put her on the Hundred. Since Ben Franklin isn't a dead president either.



If they want to see more of her put her on the one dollar that hasn't been changed in a long time.
brian
2016-04-20 20:57:58 UTC
Screw Jackson like I know his history but I feel his cons like kicking out native Americans from there homeland outweigh the fact that he made the battle of New Orleans a victory. Innocent people are worth more than a title
2016-04-20 15:21:02 UTC
People can use it if they want to, but for many others, two 10s will become the new 20.
?
2016-04-20 22:24:00 UTC
We have a lot more critical US and world problems that need tending to as opposed to whose face is on our $20 bill...PC strikes again ! For goodness sake let's get our priorities straightened out !
2016-04-23 17:16:47 UTC
I would have preferred it if Tubman replaced Susan B. Anthony on a silver dollar.
?
2016-04-21 06:51:58 UTC
Another slap in the face to the working man if your not a president you don't belong on our currency F you treasury department
2016-04-20 13:31:14 UTC
In my opinion, I think the $20 bill needs to stay the way it is and no one should be messing with it. I honestly believe a big part of it has to do with being politically correct and making sure we don t offend anyone. It is ridiculous!
?
2016-04-20 20:20:58 UTC
What's the point of having a slave and a slave owner on the same bill? People forget that Jackson was a slave owner who constantly raped the women he considerd his property. Well, no one really forgot that part. Just like Washington who did the same thing and also had the teeth pulled out the mouths of his slave's to make his dentures. The story of his having wooden teeth is a lie. Amongst the many many many lied told about what really happened back then.
Michael
2016-04-20 17:55:21 UTC
If I get $20 dollar bills, I'll return them to a bank & get American money either with Andy Jackson or I wont use $20 dollar bills anymore. Mike
Roger
2016-04-20 12:40:48 UTC
Imagine if every amount of currency had an African American historical figure on it. Now imagine if someone changed that to make one Caucasian figure to replace the twenty dollar bill of an African American war hero. Ask yourself this:

Would the African American population allow it?
?
2016-04-21 03:16:50 UTC
We should condemn it. Replacing the faces on money is opening the Pandora box to New World Order.
2016-04-20 14:29:13 UTC
The powers-that-be despise Jackson today because he felt that debt was evil. His presidency was the only one that had the United States in the black instead of the red.
Jack
2016-04-21 05:01:36 UTC
I about time that a lady got national recognition. Women have made so many contributions to society yet all the bills (to date) have been full of rich old white men (albeit these men were leaders of our time). My point is, its good to finally see women get recognition.



Peace out.
Danno
2016-04-21 12:45:14 UTC
i have to say i agree. but harriet tubman saved her family from slavery and she was also a true hero but they have no business changing the $20 bill to anybody else but the original. so call me a racist all you want to to oppose me people im sorry but i stick to my feelings on this.
.
2016-04-20 17:10:04 UTC
Andrew Jackson was a douche who didn't even like banks.
?
2016-04-20 20:17:21 UTC
So political correctness will eventually dick Tate what porn I beat off to online? This is a Sad day in history. Take my guns I'll sclup them all with my kabar usmc
Nathan
2016-04-20 16:28:05 UTC
I wish Emily Bronte would appear on the 20 dollar bill, She was an amazing writer who influenced american literature greatly.
liberal lion tamer
2016-04-20 13:15:16 UTC
I understand underground railroads are cool and all but why the big fuss over someone who built a subway? The majority of Americans never even use them.
?
2016-04-20 13:33:04 UTC
IF YOUR PEN COVERS MORE THAN 10% OF THE SPACE ON A BILL OR COIN IT DEFACES & DEVALUES ANY SORT OF PAPER CURRENCY 100%, & CANT BE EXCHANGED IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, THE SAME AS THE DEVALUATION OF COINS BEING PUNCTURED, BENT & DAMAGED. HAVE FUN WASTING MONEY THATS WORTHLESS ANYWAY DUE TO THE FACT IT HAS NO GOLD TO BACK IT. YOU HAVE 0 SAY IN WHAT THE MINT PUTS ON $ ANY MORE THAN A DEAD MAN. & YOUR JACKSON IS AS DEAD AS TUBMAN. WRITE YOUR L/R FUNDIE FILLED CONGRESS COMPLAINING OF YOUR ABSENCE OF RIGHTS OVER DRAWING ON $ AND A SAY IN WHO GETS THEIR MUGS ON IT.✌🏽️
Eleanor F
2016-04-21 09:31:37 UTC
If it has to be a woman, why not a Chinese, or Native American? Are they even thinking of those women? Why aren't all of the women that have helped the USA, not just because of their race.
2016-04-20 14:22:32 UTC
I think George Washington should be removed from the one dollar bill and be replaced with Michelle Obama.
my
2016-04-20 14:42:50 UTC
Yes
Freddie
2016-04-20 22:15:28 UTC
A waste of money. No one knows who she is or really cares in 2016. I say have no faces on our bills, only pictures of historical monuments, significant structures and our natural beauty. They are less contentious than faces of people who may be heroes to some and despots to others. This decision has Obama written all over it - another sop to Blacks.
?
2016-04-20 17:13:31 UTC
dude Andrew Jackson is trash, he literally just decided oh okay let's start the trail of tears and murder a bunch of Indians just because more land is fun
jon
2016-04-21 18:19:11 UTC
Would have been better to create the 500 dollar bill and the 1000 dollar bill to honor these causes.
Lexie
2016-04-20 18:55:47 UTC
Bad idea. Just more examples of the cultural Marxist attempted to destroy our culture. Soon they will cry why there is not a transgender man/woman on a bill.
Tsahaylu
2016-04-24 22:06:25 UTC
I want the 20$.
Annonymous
2016-04-21 08:10:15 UTC
Andrew Jackson had some "crimes" against humanity on his hands, quite frankly I don't really care either way.
?
2016-04-20 14:10:11 UTC
I wish harriet tubby was strung up by a tree limb before she helped all them workers get away.. they sold themselves, it's not like we forced them to do anything.
reinaldok_2000
2016-04-21 09:33:08 UTC
The story goes that Jackson invented the term OK. He used it when he approved a bill. He then considered it to be ALL CORRECT
?
2016-04-20 23:59:23 UTC
I think this very wonderful, Jackson was one of the worse presidents in America History.
2016-04-20 12:10:51 UTC
Anything to make them harder to counterfeit. I won't use 50s. I avoid 20s and use 10s and 5s.
Naylah
2016-04-21 10:12:31 UTC
It's fantastic. It's fun to see you bigots scream and cry. We know the truth is that you just don't like being reminded of black heroes and slavery.
2016-04-20 10:54:02 UTC
This doesn't matter at all to me. I really don't care about who appears on the money. I care more about the money itself. The fact that this is even an issue shows just how bonkers everyone is.
DW
2016-04-20 10:47:37 UTC
What's your objection to Harriet Tubman? Rescuing slaves from their captors is a heroic act.
?
2016-04-20 17:16:13 UTC
Got my ab skinny jeans beat and a tie pad this so cool Chris couldn't even rock that
bugerstudios
2016-04-20 21:20:09 UTC
Lmfao. I'm going to state the obvious. Sure she did good things but it's mostly because she's black and she's a woman.
?
2016-04-20 19:46:27 UTC
While she may be a hero the man they want to replace is a historical image nd should remane
?
2016-04-23 18:58:44 UTC
Who ordered this, Obama? Jackson should stay on the front, he is a US President who did some great things.
Wayne
2016-04-23 19:52:58 UTC
They should not remove Andrew Jackson because that make $20.00 less popular with someone else.
2016-04-20 18:19:56 UTC
I FOR ONE FEEL THAT IT IS A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD PLACING HARRIET ON THE BILL. AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT FOX FAKE NEWS WANNA BE IDIOTS REALIZE THAT OUR COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR PEOPLE OF OTHER RACES AS WELL AS WHITE PEOPLE
?
2016-04-21 07:28:17 UTC
Maybe we should replace Andy with the queen. Seriously we can say the red coats are coming.
?
2016-04-20 18:20:15 UTC
In A 100 years from now, there will be no WHITE men on any bills!
kim
2016-04-20 17:59:25 UTC
Amen
?
2016-04-21 03:45:12 UTC
I think its time for a change like this in this country!!! I ain't saying it will def make a difference but it sure in the hell won't hurt to try !!!
Keith
2016-04-24 15:17:24 UTC
someone is always going to complain ... soon someone will say that they are putting a price on the value of a black woman ..$20 .. while that may be the going price on the street I still dont approve of anyone on our money except for presidents.
2016-04-21 11:35:24 UTC
Andrew Jackson was responsible for Genocide
2016-04-21 09:27:38 UTC
I sincerely don't give a ****. It's just money. They could put Ted Bundy on there and I still wouldn't care.
?
2016-04-21 12:18:01 UTC
Im not going to use $20 bills anymore with her on it. I'm going to pretend they don't exist and save up and spend sarcastically to purposely phase out that ugly image. This is a purely communist move. No one let me weigh in on something that affects and effects my life. F them.
Veronica
2016-04-21 05:26:42 UTC
I believe she was a hero and I'm so glad she was chosen to be the first woman on a bill.
Be an Angel
2016-04-23 14:09:11 UTC
Ayn Rand on the 20. I am a libertarian



url http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a213/tcny05/Politics/Ayn%20Rand%20Money_zpsoijepjcl.jpg
Diane Ray
2016-04-21 07:05:02 UTC
At least it's not freakin' Donald Trump!
The King of Sting
2016-04-20 14:14:25 UTC
I object to this on the grounds that it will cost more in ink to print currency with a black person on it. Even more if she happened to be a bit chubby. Ink costs money folks.
?
2016-04-21 06:00:19 UTC
We should keep and respect our founding fathers, she has no place on the $20 bill
?
2016-04-20 15:03:02 UTC
Who cares?



"Give me your nations money, and I care not who makes the laws."



Money is just a tool used to ensnare and enslave you. Why you would pay it any mind as to whos face is on it is beyond me. The picture of your masters will always be on the back side.
sinic
2016-04-21 06:05:21 UTC
Well.......this gives new value to "political correctness".....though it's still overrated.....

...this bill will be a novelity in the drug trade...

....monitary notes have monikers...c-note... sawback...10-spot......... can hardly wait to hear what this one will be called......

....wonder who will on the 20 Trillion Dollar Debt Bill ???.......
jody
2016-04-20 16:57:45 UTC
I would've rather had President Obama on the twenty.
Dani
2016-04-21 03:39:33 UTC
My thoughts are that the government is trying to make ammends with the black community for all of these recent police shootings.
2016-04-20 22:02:11 UTC
Cash. Peasants.
Respect My Authoritah
2016-04-20 15:53:19 UTC
Jackson was a slave owner and caused the genocide of Indians not my favorite
Brian
2016-04-20 13:12:45 UTC
who the **** is Harriet Tubman?
Workaholic
2016-04-21 11:02:58 UTC
I wish they would put Michael Jackson on the bill.
Thomas
2016-04-21 15:02:09 UTC
All of the silly fiat currency should have images of the evil inbred Rothschilds that it all belongs to...let the people look upon their master's images every time they play with their monopoly money that enslaves them...
?
2016-04-20 12:39:18 UTC
Feankly I dont care whose picture is on it. I just wish it were actually worth 20 bucks.
Art
2016-04-21 01:51:10 UTC
She's a Hero too I think you're just a racist piece of sht.
2016-04-21 02:30:56 UTC
turn that frown upside down Tubman
King Midas
2016-04-23 00:28:05 UTC
I think its time to shake thing up a bit. They are worried about counterfeiting, they should change all the faces on the currency.
?
2016-04-20 21:01:13 UTC
My thoughts are that next they will have to create a 3 dollar bill so they can put a portrait of a famous Gay person on the front.
Jeimi
2016-04-20 14:25:09 UTC
I have no opinion. As long as it's still worth the same
?
2016-04-21 08:04:54 UTC
Everyone is going to deface the hell out of those bills! Let the fun begin!
?
2016-04-20 19:13:20 UTC
Put Daisy Duck on the buck!
perfectlybaked
2016-04-20 15:14:18 UTC
Eh.



As long as it spends the same.



The one iconic one they should never change is the $1.
concerned_earthling
2016-04-21 11:04:09 UTC
One more way that the Federal Reserve are devaluing the currency
Abby
2016-04-21 17:59:29 UTC
It's fantastic
Cath.Ian
2016-04-20 23:52:38 UTC
Who? Who gives a monkey's?
CD
2016-04-20 14:07:55 UTC
I love the idea, but I don't think the U.S. will use paper money for too much longer.
Mac
2016-04-20 18:11:29 UTC
Whatever. It's the same value, that's what matters.
2016-04-21 02:11:28 UTC
How about Randy Andy's slave mistresses? Don't tell me he didn't enjoy the bodies of his slaves!
?
2016-04-21 18:45:28 UTC
Amazing hero
?
2016-04-20 23:21:57 UTC
I'm not with it.
?
2016-04-21 10:25:47 UTC
Your schooling failed you. Andrew Jackson was a butcher.
nappa
2016-04-21 02:55:50 UTC
everyone's face out on all dollar bills have been there for many years, no reason to change any of them, let things be as they have for all these years.
silence in black and white
2016-04-20 22:44:02 UTC
Don't care
Truth
2016-04-21 03:42:03 UTC
there was no bigger piece of **** than andrew jackson. look at the trail of tears. i would put ANYONE on the 20 over him.
?
2016-04-20 13:21:05 UTC
It's a royal waste of time and effort.
?
2016-04-21 04:58:33 UTC
The bills will still get stolen by economic migrants and gypsies
2016-04-22 07:58:17 UTC
It's about time.
?
2016-04-21 05:32:30 UTC
She deserves to be there It''s about time.
ahandle101
2016-04-20 10:47:10 UTC
Unless they are recalling all the old 20s, they aren't replacing anything.
CLAIRE~BEAR
2016-04-21 10:12:19 UTC
I could have sworn they said those women would be on the back while the president in the front.
?
2016-04-21 05:54:40 UTC
It looks like some of the old photos of Babe Ruth.
?
2016-04-23 08:26:25 UTC
jackson was an asshole, plain and simple. it's high time to get his face off the money. hamilton should be next
?
2016-04-20 18:40:39 UTC
If it was going to be a woman, it should have been Kate Upton or Charlotte McKinney!
2016-04-21 16:47:28 UTC
put all the women on the new $25 bill
?
2016-04-20 23:07:16 UTC
They can't do this.
edgexofxlife
2016-04-21 07:33:36 UTC
Heroically owning slaves.
2016-04-21 02:22:09 UTC
Haha Oh Wow, really? I'm okay with that idea :)
?
2016-04-20 21:05:02 UTC
I don't know came here for points
You Know . . .
2016-04-20 13:38:12 UTC
Next it will be a black person, then a Mexican, then a transgender, then a gay male/female, then a blah blah blah ONLY for political correctness!
?
2016-04-22 11:30:48 UTC
Great, now all the change machine bill acceptors will have to be reprogrammed again.
?
2016-04-24 14:19:23 UTC
Great
Tshizz
2016-04-24 10:55:52 UTC
Lit
?
2016-04-20 12:19:31 UTC
Cool but pointless
Inder Singh
2016-04-20 21:12:49 UTC
Yeah but I'd rather have it on another dollar bill
?
2016-04-23 16:35:57 UTC
Ghb
2016-04-21 18:18:28 UTC
I hate it she should not be on u.s. Currency or any women for that matter.... Go ahead and vote down my comment I could give two shits
Periferalist
2016-04-21 10:09:56 UTC
I'm all for it.
?
2016-04-21 09:52:08 UTC
AT LAST A WOMAN ON A NOTE.,....YIPPEE.....SHE'S JUST AS MUCH A HERO AS JACKSON....DIDN'T CAUSE DEATHS EITHER...
Pineapple卐1488
2016-04-20 17:53:55 UTC
Who the hell is Harry tubeman? He sounds like something straight out of some awful gay porno.
?
2016-04-20 20:52:13 UTC
Lmao, this is all because of Hamilton. I m so proud <3
2016-04-23 05:11:25 UTC
Justin Welby said "no" "I don't want to share my thoughts"

Thought was doing a good job, then the Oral B dentist said "no" also.



shouldn't gossip. no prophecy, no presumption. For us & Cain.
King
2016-04-20 14:58:19 UTC
I think its good that black people get represented on the dollar bills
?
2016-04-20 12:42:15 UTC
I don't give a flying flog
?
2016-04-21 08:00:55 UTC
I'm glad about this
YourDailyDoseOfCommonSense
2016-04-20 10:48:53 UTC
It's a slap in the face to Harriet Tubman. She was only selected because crybabies whine about everything.
2016-04-20 18:09:33 UTC
Sound like more libtard brain puke to me in the name of saving their dying plantation.
?
2016-04-21 11:33:28 UTC
I think its a complete joke and a reflection of how hard our government has become Politically correct.
2016-04-20 16:41:01 UTC
We need to have human primates on the money system nothing else.
atomzer0
2016-04-22 12:52:11 UTC
Who uses cash anymore?
answer boy
2016-04-21 08:48:12 UTC
Great choice, saved lives and showed courage.
?
2016-04-20 10:49:59 UTC
I've had women in my pockets before.
?
2016-04-21 09:01:04 UTC
Cool!
?
2016-04-20 19:58:58 UTC
Dude he was the fricking hitler of the native americans
liw
2016-04-22 18:11:52 UTC
If Trump gets elected you can say bye bye to that
?
2016-04-23 01:48:54 UTC
As long as it's money.
?
2016-04-20 21:45:59 UTC
I guarantee that the people who don t support the bill or sexist, racist or both
leftcoastliz
2016-04-21 14:44:13 UTC
Time to remove "In God We Trust" to be inclusive. Nothing wrong with E Pluribus Unum.
?
2016-04-21 10:54:24 UTC
This is a disgrace, black people don't even have jobs so why put them on money? Mindboggling.
?
2016-04-24 18:49:16 UTC
This country is getting way too sensitive
2016-04-20 19:20:57 UTC
I think it is a good thing maybe we should make more changes to our money
Rupee
2016-04-23 19:18:33 UTC
I don't like it. I don't like pointless changes to any aspect of my life.
New here
2016-04-20 15:49:54 UTC
Who cares?
?
2016-04-20 19:19:35 UTC
Just another bowing down to PC and fairy tales!
2016-04-23 15:24:14 UTC
Oh yeah
?
2016-04-20 12:55:34 UTC
Very happy
?
2016-04-20 23:26:15 UTC
Strange...
2016-04-21 03:23:25 UTC
Good
Slade Cutter Whips Quiet Riot
2016-04-20 13:03:15 UTC
Really? I thought it would be Pam Grier.
2016-04-20 20:35:32 UTC
Slaves were property. She was aiding and abetting theft of property, nothing more, nothing less.
?
2016-04-20 10:51:41 UTC
I agree because it is a waste of money and not necessary. We have more important endeavors at hand.
(A)
2016-04-20 12:05:12 UTC
They have to just keep screwing things up to pi$$ people off.Leave it the way it is.
?
2016-04-21 21:28:23 UTC
No thoughts
2016-04-20 12:58:01 UTC
that's a disgrace.
robert
2016-04-20 15:17:08 UTC
I think its complete b.s but you gotta keep the blacks happy
2016-04-20 23:53:06 UTC
"Earn more points to ask a question. Try answering a few."
Kyle
2016-04-20 18:22:45 UTC
Honestly that doesn't matter to me.
?
2016-04-24 15:44:04 UTC
Not that big of a deal
?
2016-04-20 18:10:26 UTC
honestly they can put hitler on the 20 dollar bill, money is still money.
sonam
2016-04-20 22:43:21 UTC
No way they can't do this.
2016-04-20 11:02:47 UTC
I think it's great because cons are butthurt.
Kitty 2
2016-04-20 20:21:23 UTC
I think that is great that she should be on the 20 dollar bill.
2016-04-24 15:15:11 UTC
Tubman was a n i g g e r
Pablo
2016-04-22 11:40:05 UTC
A lot of people do not do well with change.
?
2016-04-21 10:16:48 UTC
I don't care only thing I care about is.. more taxes >:(
?
2016-04-22 09:46:31 UTC
Ei
?
2016-04-23 03:20:16 UTC
no one wants the coon 20
2016-04-20 18:50:00 UTC
she's not very photogenic. All her pictures she's frowning.
?
2016-04-21 11:59:49 UTC
Our currency reflects our history why all the fuss?
Cody
2016-04-20 20:08:41 UTC
Idc whose on it as long as I have a lot of them :)
?
2016-04-20 13:22:04 UTC
AI think its a good idea
coco100396
2016-04-20 18:15:50 UTC
yes
Lena
2016-04-21 12:08:50 UTC
I don't have an opinion on it.
?
2016-04-21 09:39:37 UTC
Embrace change this is cool
2016-04-21 06:52:22 UTC
Just grand something else black people can ruin
2016-04-21 04:38:00 UTC
more feel good diversity BS for the unworthy ethnic crowd.
2016-04-20 15:59:23 UTC
BLACK POWER! Just Kidding, oh God here come the downvotes...
LINDA R
2016-04-20 20:09:19 UTC
Presidents only...should be pictured on our US currency...
2016-04-20 11:29:55 UTC
Jackson was a racist and committed genocide.
Daniel
2016-04-21 10:46:52 UTC
I think its a great idea
A1
2016-04-21 01:30:19 UTC
why give two hoots about who or what, you mob really are petty squbblers
David
2016-04-20 15:10:56 UTC
Neither belong on our money.
Whitney
2016-04-20 14:10:47 UTC
It awesome
2016-04-20 16:40:32 UTC
Dumb idea-REALLY dumb. If they want to put her on anything, put her on a $1 coin.
?
2016-04-20 22:53:00 UTC
they can't do this.
?
2016-04-20 14:05:54 UTC
Good thing they did
Roberto
2016-04-20 22:22:36 UTC
we need a black person and a female on US currency
DJ
2016-04-21 03:02:51 UTC
interesting
Chad
2016-04-20 18:35:29 UTC
Too funny!
joensfca
2016-04-24 08:23:46 UTC
Great idea,
Texas Czech Chick
2016-04-20 13:26:51 UTC
I don't care, money is money.
?
2016-04-21 02:16:30 UTC
abc
?
2016-04-24 12:59:44 UTC
crazyyyyyyy yyyyy
2016-04-20 13:16:49 UTC
they should put Obama on the bill.
Marcelino
2016-04-20 13:13:20 UTC
i really dont have any thoughts on this tbh
2016-04-21 01:24:00 UTC
rrr
2016-04-21 08:58:41 UTC
AS A BLACK MAN I COULD CARE LESS.THE AMERICAN DOLLAR IS ABOUT TO FALL.
2016-04-20 13:00:34 UTC
Typical butthurt racist Conservative.
2016-04-20 16:07:44 UTC
Is that Tubgirl?
American
2016-04-23 19:31:46 UTC
MR REEF HAS MADE THE MOST INTELLIGENT COMMENTS EVER MADE ON ANSWERS !!!
?
2016-04-21 21:06:25 UTC
Im glad.
banananose_89117
2016-04-20 19:15:29 UTC
Do not change it
Alex
2016-04-24 17:57:09 UTC
the so called "best answer" is disgusting
Asia
2016-04-21 20:26:50 UTC
There is no point it happening.
Willie
2016-04-20 16:04:33 UTC
Why not have them faceless.
2016-04-21 05:55:20 UTC
hyes
2016-04-24 12:28:17 UTC
yes that is cool
Bakari
2016-04-20 15:23:15 UTC
m mmmmmmmmmm
?
2016-04-23 17:40:19 UTC
I think it is fine.
Linda
2016-04-21 06:04:02 UTC
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HER BEING ON A $20.00. SHE DESERVES IT!!!
Obeyy
2016-04-20 19:37:12 UTC
No
matt
2016-04-22 12:52:38 UTC
not right
roderick_young
2016-04-20 22:47:37 UTC
"Wars not make one great." - Yoda
?
2016-04-20 12:58:42 UTC
Its bullshit... And why- because shes black?



Obamas BULLSHIT
2016-04-21 06:20:34 UTC
its silly
Hangover0
2016-04-21 13:37:38 UTC
dont really mean anything
?
2016-04-20 12:25:05 UTC
I think it is stupid.
?
2016-04-21 07:04:42 UTC
Me no think so...
2016-04-21 14:43:38 UTC
who gives a F U C K
?
2016-04-23 17:03:25 UTC
maybe
anaya
2016-04-20 23:24:48 UTC
its so old.
Anonymous
2016-04-20 17:43:44 UTC
#BlackLivesMatter
2016-04-20 22:49:06 UTC
lol?
?
2016-04-20 15:48:04 UTC
someone please assist me with one question on my account, Im having trouble with it. Please please
?
2016-04-22 21:45:40 UTC
f
?
2016-04-24 14:08:38 UTC
bullshit
?
2016-04-21 09:46:13 UTC
,
2016-04-20 15:12:54 UTC
.
?
2016-04-21 21:57:25 UTC
..
?
2016-04-21 09:41:35 UTC
...
Ray Weems
2016-04-20 17:21:01 UTC
DUMB! DUMB! DUMB!
?
2016-04-21 10:05:50 UTC
idk
?
2016-04-20 18:38:19 UTC
idk


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