When he “delayed” replacing Donald Trump fave and slave owner President Andrew Jackson’s face on the $20 bill with that of freedom figh...
When he “delayed” replacing Donald Trump fave and slave owner President Andrew Jackson’s face on the $20 bill with that of freedom fighter Harriet Tubman, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin swore before Congress that “technical” issues concerning new security features on U.S. bills were the reason.
But on Friday, the New York Times reported that it had obtained a mock-up of a Tubman bill that was created in 2016 — long before Trump took office and appointed Mnuchin head of Treasury:
Here’s an early design of the Harriet Tubman $20 bill created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Steven Mnuchin said designs would be delayed until 2026 and a future Treasury secretary will decide who’s on the face of the note. https://t.co/brRwxuu8F1 pic.twitter.com/o0ffu53tF2— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) June 14, 2019
And the design, which features a representation of Tubman wearing a top coat and neck scarf, seems so far along, it raises questions about just how “technical” the issues with the bill could have been, the Times notes.
As the Times explains:
[...] work on the new $20 note began before Mr. Trump took office, and the basic design already on paper most likely could have satisfied the goal of unveiling a note bearing Tubman’s likeness on next year’s centennial of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. An image of a new $20 bill, produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and obtained by The New York Times from a former Treasury Department official, depicts Tubman in a dark coat with a wide collar and a white scarf.
There’s even an actual metal engraving plate of the Tubman bill, a current Engraving bureau employee told the Times, adding that “the design appeared to be far along in the process.”
So what’s the holdup on the Obama-era initiative to honor one of the most famed conductors on the Underground Railroad by placing her likeness on the $20 bill?
Mnuchin is sticking to his story that “technical” issues were the only cause.
“Let me assure you, this speculation that we’ve slowed down the process is just not the case,” Mnuchin told the Times last week while visiting Japan.
Right.
Mnuchin has delayed announcing the design of the new $20 bill until 2026 — six years after the 2020 deadline Obama had set, and long after Trump will have left office.
“They’re working as fast as they can,” Mnuchin said of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
But perhaps in a perverse, opposite-world manner, could it be that Mnuchin has done the push to put Tubman on the $20 bill a favor.
As the Times put it:
Current and former department officials say Mr. Mnuchin chose the delay to avoid the possibility that Mr. Trump would cancel the plan outright.
Harriet may have been a great black figure in history....but she is so ugly it hurts!!!!
ReplyDeleteHarriet Tubman when she was young. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7b6f44819c26d0108bc8cb474c0e6c9c560ae5a335cc0028e9086d9310ed287b.jpg
ReplyDeleteStill had to have her folks tie a pork chop on her neck to have the dog lick her face!!!
ReplyDeleteBolsheviks aren't happy if they can't make the tail wag the dog. Harriet Tubman represents 14% of total US population. I call Virtue Signalling Bull$hit!
ReplyDeleteThere were 37,144,530 non-Hispanic blacks, which comprised 12.1% of the population. This number increased to 42 million according to the 2010 United States Census, when including Multiracial African Americans, making up 14% of the total U.S. population.
Yes, let's use the American icon of freedom from slavery to disparage, repudiate the American icon of freedom from the privately held, oligarchic banking interests. Bankers win. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d866c09414b2fc42984a7e07a726a5e018673f62a635e7e87f04a523113af496.jpg
ReplyDeleteLeave Jackson where he is...If Trump should liberate the debt slaves then perhaps it would be time to reconsider a relevant replacement.
ReplyDeleteIf we used say Ovomit on our currency after he drops dead folks would use it for toilet paper regardless of the denomination!!! I know I would....
ReplyDeleteNot bad but not great.....I still think old dead white men are best on the currency..... it's worthless paper anyway so who really gives a damn who the hell is on it in the first place? I use plastic....haven't used Benjamins except to buy a used car for cash 3 years ago.
ReplyDeletegeorge washington on the $1 bill looks like barbara bush
ReplyDeleteEvey time I see a picture of Tubman, it looks like she has to take a crap really bad. ALSO, if they want to put a women on the 20, I vote Christy Canyon, if a black women Ebony Ayers.
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