ONION: Trump Administration Announces New $20 Bill Design Honoring Harriet Tubmans Owners

[Miles Archer]

Trump Administration Announces New $20 Bill Design Honoring Harriet Tubman’s Owners



http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-administration-announces-new-20-bill-design--56829

WASHINGTON—Saying they wished to pay tribute to the legacies of these distinguished, law-abiding Americans, the Trump administration announced Friday that a long anticipated redesign of the $20 bill would honor Harriet Tubman’s owners. “These were patriotic business proprietors who followed the laws of their time to further their economic interests, and this new currency design finally recognizes these enterprising individuals for their success,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at an afternoon press conference, explaining that the bills commemorating those responsible for enslaving the famed abolitionist, Civil War nurse, and women’s rights activist for the first three decades of her life would be in circulation by 2018. “For too long, we’ve overlooked the achievements of these upstanding citizens and prosperous agriculturalists. The new $20 note, which will feature a portrait of the Brodess family on the front and a depiction of the Maryland plantation they operated on the back, will at last give them their proper place in American history.” Mnuchin then sought to assuage any concerns about the decision, assuring those in attendance that the Trump White House was already looking into ways to preserve Andrew Jackson’s likeness by having it replace Abraham Lincoln on the $5 bill.

[Ilsa]

1. Don't give them any ideas. nt

[joeybee12]

2. Ouch. Great satire always rings true. Knr

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. When I saw that PUNK last night talk about how this is not important, boy did I wanna slap him

November 2016 the United States of America was invaded by an enemy, that enemy installed a sociopath in office.

Yet here we sit.

No, I dont have the answer but I am getting angrier by the HOUR

[guillaumeb]

6. Take a walk and a deep breath.

And if you have not already done so, join a local social justice group like Indivisible. I have belonged to a group since 2003 and the fellowship is important.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. I just did, thanks. I sure hope the emphasis isnt about how the D party

is weak and if only they were more like...blah blah blah

But I will find out, just sent an email.

Thanks

[guillaumeb]

9. Each local Indivisible group concentrates on organizing locally.

And they emphasize electoral and pre-electoral action. I also belong to a church based social justice group. The group is open to all, and we have numerous long time members who are not theists.

A suggestion would be to attend local meetings and use that as the subject of a post.

[SunSeeker]

4. The $20 bill already features a slave owner. Andrew Jackson owned 150 slaves.

When Andrew Jackson bought The Hermitage in 1804, he owned nine enslaved African Americans. Just 25 years later that number had swelled to over 100 through purchase and reproduction. At the time of his death in 1845, Jackson owned approximately 150 people who lived and worked on the property.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/7-things-donald-trump-gets-absolutely-wrong-about-andrew-jackson/

[The Mouth]

10. His policy towards the First Peoples was also the model for Hitler

Adolf was directly inspired by Jackson's solution to what he would have called the 'Indian Problem'. Concentration camps and ghettos bear more than a coincidental resemblance to Reservations.

[flibbitygiblets]

11. Trump's favorite president, what a coincidence! Wink-wink to his racist homies!

All the more reason Tubman should be on the $20.

[ghostsinthemachine]

5. Funny

Love the Onion.

[spanone]

8. Bwahahahahahaaaa

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. That picture...

almost made me puke. Two of the most destructive SOBs on the planet. Ruined my Onion fun.