Steve Hix <sehix@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:sehix-8520FF.17010427012006@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <Xns97589A39C78CEjheimwiscedu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> John Heim <jheim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I think Andrew Jackson's image should be
>> removed from the
>> $20. Also, I think John Adams' image should be on a bill. If
>> Jackson's image is removed from the $20, it could be replaced with
>> that of Adams.
>
> Why?
Because Jackson was a bad president and Adams was a good one.
About the worst thing you can say about Adams is that he signed the
Alien Act and the Sedition Act. Admittedly, that was bad. But compared
to owning slaves and the Trail of Tears, it pales in comparison.
Plus, Adams did one heck of a lot of great things for this country. He
deserves way, way more honors than he's been given. He was the main
force at the Continental Convention for independence. He singlehandedly
got the loans used to finance the revolution (and IMO, nobody else
could have done it). Also, IMO, if anybody else had been President at
the time, we'd have gone to war with France in 1798.
He was the 1st Vice President and the 2nd President of the United
States, for pete's sake. He should be on a bill. His image should be
almost as familiar as Wa****ngton's and Lincoln's.
Adams On! Jackson off! Who's with me! Yeaahhhh!!!!!!
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