Quote: (05-13-2015 12:40 PM)Truth Teller Wrote:
Two reasons why this won't happen:
1. Changing anything on currency is ridiculously expensive. All the printing plates have to be changed.
2. In the US, currency with specific women on it is historically unsuccessful. Think about the Susan B. Anthony dollar or the Sacajawea dollar. One was a massive failure, and the other basically disappeared from the public eye.
The only reason why anyone even thinks this is a good idea is the constant pushing of Jackson's responsibility for the Trail of Tears. Nobody blames Harrison for Wounded Knee. Hell, Theodore Roosevelt was president during the Philippine Insurrection, one of the most brutal wars the US has ever been involved in.
Also, 600,000 signatures is nothing. We live in a country of 320,000,000+ people.
They change coins constantly because coin collectors act as an (albeit minor) inflation sink. Think about it, the government prints $1.41 and not only does someone buy the proof set and hoard it out of circulation, but they pay like $30 for it. That's why once that fifty states quarter run ended they decided to start it up again, and add the presidential dollar coins to boot.
Although I'll give them credit, those presidential dollars will be amusing to own once they get to all the retard presidents of the late 20th century.