So I read this article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/721294 about people who have given some ideas to spruce up our paper money. While some of the designs are pretty cool looking, i.e. the vertical designs, some of what they are wanting on the bills is not. The first being the top picture with the $1 bill with our current president on it. One reason that President Obama should not be on any currency, at least right now, is that he hasn't even completed a term in office. He hasn't, at this point, done anything of significance that would warrant such an honor. I believe that George Washington should always be on the $1 bill for as long as we have paper money. He was the 1st President of the United States and should thus be on the $1 dollar bill. There certainly are presidents that have done great things or have earned the honor of being put on currency and they should continue to have that honor. You can view the pictures of the 15 different designs here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/16/15-amazing-new-designs-fo_n_719913.html
One of the designs I really liked was picture #3. I really liked the overall design of the it but I believe that Lincoln should still be on the $5 bill and maybe use that design for the back. I thought that #4 was pretty boring. I thought that picture #5 was pretty different and I liked it because it kept Benjamin Franklin on it and while Franklin was not a president, he was one of the Founding Fathers of our nation. I didn't like #6, plain and simple. #7 is very different looking and the red coloring just really stands out. I am on the fence with #8 because of all the writing it has, but I actually like that it uses the words from the Constitution on it. People may actually learn something if they were to look at what is in their hand and take the time to read what is printed on the bill. The bill design for #8 is one I do not like for the same reasons as listed earlier in this post regarding Obama. I don't like #10 for some of the same reasons I stated before. The one for #11 is interesting considering that they picked Amelia Earhart for it but the problem I have with it is that we have a $2 bill and it has Thomas Jefferson on it. Again one of our former presidents and a Founding Father of our country. Why mess with that? I have the same feelings for design #12. One thing I do think is that Martin Luther King, Jr. should get some sort of honor with a paper bill, maybe make a $15 bill or $25 bill and put him on it. I have the same feeling about using Ronald Reagan on a paper bill. #13 is one of the worst designs of them all. Too plain and nothing really to it. I really love the design of #14 because not only does it have Washington on it but it has a really great picture for the background of the bill. The last picture #15 is just what the title of that picture says it is, 'Going Cheap' which it actually appears to be.
This design concept is a pretty interesting idea but would probably not be very cheap to do a complete overhaul of the paper currency of the U.S.
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