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Ben Carson: Put Harriet Tubman on the $2 bill instead

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Dishwalla

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I mean it is fucked up that not only he wants to keep Jackson on the $20, but that he wants to relegate Tubman to the $2, something that many Americans aren't even aware exists. Out of sight out of mind I guess.
 
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OriginofHysteria

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HUELEN10 said:
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It looks pretty awesome don't it? Kind of like the other bills used to look. The back though is what I REALLY love...

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The two dollar bill is actually pretty sweet. I love the rear design.
 
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FUBAR McDangles

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One of my professors went on a rant about this the other day. Basically bitching about them changing it for the sake of change, and that every person on every American dollar is on there because they did something historically with the development of modern money and the current economic system.

Jackson, while being a deplorable human being, actually helped the development of modern banking quite a bit with his battle vs congress over the 2nd National Bank and all that.

Having never thought about it that way, it definitely changed my perspective a bit. Tubman was a fantastic person and did some fantastic things, but what did she do that is worth putting her on money?
 
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HUELEN10

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FUBAR McDangles said:
One of my professors went on a rant about this the other day. Basically bitching about them changing it for the sake of change, and that every person on every American dollar is on there because they did something historically with the development of modern money and the current economic system.

Jackson, while being a deplorable human being, actually helped the development of modern banking quite a bit with his battle vs congress over the 2nd National Bank and all that.

Having never thought about it that way, it definitely changed my perspective a bit. Tubman was a fantastic person and did some fantastic things, but what did she do that is worth putting her on money?
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She did save the lives of hundreds of slaves with the underground railroad, and was true heroine in the history of our great nation.

But money-wise, no she didn't make any bank or money or economic-related contributions, AJ definitely did though.

Not to say it isn't a good idea to change up the bills once in a while. I mean, Franklin was on the half-dollar before JFK, and Grover Cleveland was on the 20...
 
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Booshka

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FUBAR McDangles said:
One of my professors went on a rant about this the other day. Basically bitching about them changing it for the sake of change, and that every person on every American dollar is on there because they did something historically with the development of modern money and the current economic system.

Jackson, while being a deplorable human being, actually helped the development of modern banking quite a bit with his battle vs congress over the 2nd National Bank and all that.

Having never thought about it that way, it definitely changed my perspective a bit. Tubman was a fantastic person and did some fantastic things, but what did she do that is worth putting her on money?
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Slavery is the greatest asset ever known to the American Economy. Harriet Tubman helped to end the injustice of people as property. She had a far greater impact on the economy than Andrew Jackson did.
 
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EdibleKnife

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FUBAR McDangles said:
One of my professors went on a rant about this the other day. Basically bitching about them changing it for the sake of change, and that every person on every American dollar is on there because they did something historically with the development of modern money and the current economic system.

Jackson, while being a deplorable human being, actually helped the development of modern banking quite a bit with his battle vs congress over the 2nd National Bank and all that.

Having never thought about it that way, it definitely changed my perspective a bit. Tubman was a fantastic person and did some fantastic things, but what did she do that is worth putting her on money?
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What she did and the ideals she challenged make her worth room on money, qualified for her own monument in DC, deserving of her own holiday, and of more than just a few throwaway lines in history books. Andrew Jackson was an economist, Tubman was a civil and humanitarian hero who literally risked her own life to defy things that Jackson and people like him exemplified
 
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Abstrusity

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Honestly, we should put Jackson on the 100 dollar bill, and do it expressly for the irony of a man who plunged the country into recession because of how he paid off the debt with a land bubble, and who hated the idea of debt and credit backed currency in the first place. Then we can generate the electricity to print the bills by attaching some electromagnets to his corpse so that when he spins around in his grave, he'll at least be useful instead of a genocidal dipshit and murderous maniac.
 
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Chie Satonaka

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Why won't he go away?

He's like a scab that refuses to fall off.

A whitehead that refuses to pop.

He's like that ingrown toenail that refuses to heal.

The Virus on your computer you can't seem to get rid of.

That one fly you just can't seem to swat.

That one enemy in that video game you can't seem to beat? That's Ben Carson.
 
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DontBeThatGuy

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FUBAR McDangles said:
One of my professors went on a rant about this the other day. Basically bitching about them changing it for the sake of change, and that every person on every American dollar is on there because they did something historically with the development of modern money and the current economic system.

Jackson, while being a deplorable human being, actually helped the development of modern banking quite a bit with his battle vs congress over the 2nd National Bank and all that.

Having never thought about it that way, it definitely changed my perspective a bit. Tubman was a fantastic person and did some fantastic things, but what did she do that is worth putting her on money?
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We should just stop honoring abhorrent human beings who ultimately did far more harm than any good. Crazy, I know.
 
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smurfx

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Tobor said:
It's Fox News fault, they're the ones booking the douche. I wish I could get paid for saying whatever stupid shit came out of my mouth.

This clown will be on tv for years. Just look at Palin.
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ill gladly buy all the racist people's 20's for 15 dollars.
 
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gdt

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Of course Huelen is walking around ordering $2 bills and talking about how handy they are. Of course.







I can't believe we are talking about Ben Carson right now. So last year.
 
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Saganator

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OriginofHysteria said:
The two dollar bill is actually pretty sweet. I love the rear design.
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Yup. I try to keep a $2 note around just because I think they're cool. I've had one sitting in a drawer for at least 5 years now.

Sorry Ben, but freeing slaves > balancing the budget. Andrew Jackson is not a president who should be forgotten, only because he was so terrible and should be a reminder of America's not so pretty history. Jackson's picture belongs in history's hall of shame.

Oh and and Ben, should Bill Clinton be on a bill, too? He balanced the budget, too!
 
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Sho_Nuff82

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Y'all let Huelen troll you too easily.

Edit: we had a budget surplus from 1998 to 2001. We've ran a deficit since the Bush era tax cuts.
 
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RDreamer

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“Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt,”
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And then we promptly crashed into the largest depression in American history. Good times.
 
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Lil'DigiOp

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FUBAR McDangles said:
One of my professors went on a rant about this the other day. Basically bitching about them changing it for the sake of change, and that every person on every American dollar is on there because they did something historically with the development of modern money and the current economic system.

Jackson, while being a deplorable human being, actually helped the development of modern banking quite a bit with his battle vs congress over the 2nd National Bank and all that.

Having never thought about it that way, it definitely changed my perspective a bit. Tubman was a fantastic person and did some fantastic things, but what did she do that is worth putting her on money?
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HUELEN10 said:
She did save the lives of hundreds of slaves with the underground railroad, and was true heroine in the history of our great nation.

But money-wise, no she didn't make any bank or money or economic-related contributions, AJ definitely did though.

Not to say it isn't a good idea to change up the bills once in a while. I mean, Franklin was on the half-dollar before JFK, and Grover Cleveland was on the 20...
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You wouldn't even have half a country to spend money in if it wasn't for slave labor that was used in development.

A vast majority of historical wealthy white families gained their fortunes off the backs of slave labor.

But y'all lack critical reasoning skills and get mad when people think you're trolling.
 
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Darknight

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Is Ben Carson color blind? He might be real life Clayton Bigsby.

I don't know how a black person can say this with a straight face. Then again, he is a republican and he rather kiss some person's ass to "fit in".

Crayons said:
ben carson probably the type of guy to rat out on the escaping slaves
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I missed this golden post. Exactly.

I mean didn't he say that is he was pointed a gun, he'd be like "don't shoot me, shoot him"? ROLF
 
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