I look at this guy and clearly see someone with a crazy submissive kink, something really degrading.
Thayer Amendment - 1866:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Can-a-Living-Person-Appear-on-US-Currency
“The Thayer Amendment: This 1866 law prohibited the use of the image of any living person on “the bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency of the United States.” It was an outgrowth of a silly act of vanity committed by Treasury Department official Spencer Clark, who decided to put himself on banknotes intended to honor explorer William Clark, of Lewis and Clark fame. The congressional bill authorizing the creation of the note only specified that it should honor “Clark,” and so Spencer Clark decided to memorialize himself.”
I didn’t know the history on that, that’s hilarious that it was passed as a “fuck you, in particular!” for one guy!
The thing with laws is that Congress can always change them by passing another law…
… but from what I’ve read, the current text of Joe Wilson’s bill carves out an exception for “living and former Presidents”. So, if this passes, we may get our Obama $420 bill someday…
silly act of vanity
That’s basically everything in PEDOnald’s two failed terms.
Why not put him on the $1000 bill… then the $10000… and then the $100000000 bill…heck we could be the next Zimbabwe dollar
Give it six months.
Can’t be on currency? Put yourself on a non-circulating “commemorative” bill “for collectors” and sell them. Problem solved. Anyone want to take bets that this is what will happen?
I cannot help but wonder how the target demo for velvet paintings of Jesus and Elvis vs. that for bullshit commemorative coins sold that have “easy” installment payments vs. the demo that would snap up these (whether they are legal tender or what you propose may happen) would all stack up on a Venn diagram…
Make easy money for the low price of spending lots of money!
Gotta spend money to make money.
I’ve got that first half covered…
I’ve already seen anti-Pumkinhead things on currency, this bill is going to be the most defaced currency ever.
Also, Bessent is such a useless suck-up.
Bessent just looks so much like a bad parody of a guy you want to punch in the face.
