Lew said he made the decision to make Tubman the new face of the $20 after hearing from the American people through roundtables, town halls and in online discussions.
“We heard from a lot of people who had different ideas about what should go on which bill, what should go on the front, what should be on the back, and we’ve taken the view that, A) we couldn’t wait, and B) the next bill that comes out has to tell a powerful story,” Lew told reporters.
“The life of Harriet Tubman is really one of the great American stories,” Lew added later, noting that Tubman “was not well compensated for much of her life.”
Jackson was a slave holder, so it looks like karma has finally kicked in :)
Jackson was a slave holder, so it looks like karma has finally kicked in :)
His suggestion: Maybe she should be on a bill that’s worth less?
Carson’s comment came Wednesday on Fox Business Network's Cavuto Coast to Coast, where he spoke with host Neil Cavuto .
“Well I think Andrew Jackson was a tremendous secretary. I mean a tremendous president,” Carson, a former GOP presidential candidate who now backs Donald Trump , said of the soon-to-be former face of the twenty.
“Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt,” Carson said. “In honor of that, we kick him off of the money.”
“Are you anti-Harriet Tubman ?” Cavuto asked, presumably meaning anti-putting-Tubman-on-the-$20-bill and not anti-Tubman, just, in general.
“No, I love Harriet Tubman,” said Carson. “I love what she did. But we can find another way to honor her. Maybe a $2 bill.”
The $2 bill was last issued in 2003.
(damn, you just can't make this stuff up).
wow. bye.
