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ORIGINAL: Zonie63 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/alexander-hamiltons-descendant-rankled-10-bill-change-32347069 quote:
Outcry over Hamilton's possible demotion has been somewhat lost in the wave of excitement over the inclusion of a woman's portrait on paper currency. The Treasury Department says the $10 bill was chosen because it's up next for a redesign to improve anti-counterfeiting features. The new bill would go into circulation in 2020. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said this week that he's sticking with the plan, despite critics arguing that a woman should be featured on the $20 bill in place of Andrew Jackson, whom many historians view less favorably because of his treatment of Native Americans and his ownership of slaves. "Right now is the time to call that out," says Barbara Howard, founder of the group Women on 20s, which advocates replacing Jackson with a deserving woman from history. Doug Hamilton has joined forces with Howard's group and others trying to change Lew's mind. Meanwhile, former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke wrote in a blog that he was "appalled" at the idea of adding a woman to the $10 bill at Hamilton's expense. The New York Times wrote in a Fourth of July editorial that it's a much better idea to bump Jackson, an undistinguished president who, ironically, hated the idea of paper currency. Hamilton's descendant started a group which supports having a woman on paper currency, but doesn't think it should be done at Hamilton's expense. The feeling is that Jackson should be the one who should be replaced on the $20 bill. Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society yeh instead of getting rid of the asshole [hamilton] that created an umbilical cord between this country and the illegitimate banking cartel, they want to remove the only pres [jackson] who kicked the European banks out and balanced the budget in our history.
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