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It is already big a deal to change the images on currency (no matter what country). Given the US dollar is viewed as somewhat of a standard, you can imagine that to change its size/shape would be quite difficult to generate enough political enthusiasm for.
IMO the primary issue is that the US still has people on it. In a democracy it should be the values of the country that should be represented not individuals. Everyone from left to right should be able to agree on what the US stands for. How one gets there is what people argue about.
This is hardly unique.
> In a democracy it should be the values of the country that should be represented not individuals
The world's oldest (Britain, Iceland) and largest (India, America) democracies have people on their currencies.
Democracies are a human institution. It's dangerous to forget that.
Steve Wozniak (the Apple cofounder) famously bought sheets of $2 bills, and had a printer perforate and gum them into pads. So he could literally tear off $2 bills, in front of people who might not even know it was real currency, to pay them. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311084811/http://archive.wo...
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Please cite some examples of how the U.S. treats disabilities as personal failings, compared to specific other countries.
Pre-existing conditions, which as far as I'm aware, is a US-only concept. I'm happy to be corrected for that, though.
Most of the world's population has no concept of socialised heath insurance. Pre-existing or novel. Someone in a wheelchair, or who is blind or mute, is much better accomodated in America than in most of Europe. (In part because the former is richer.)
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It is already big a deal to change the images on currency (no matter what country). Given the US dollar is viewed as somewhat of a standard, you can imagine that to change its size/shape would be quite difficult to generate enough political enthusiasm for.
The US has last partially defaulted on its currency in 1971, surely a change of the design is possible too.
It's changed plenty of times [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_d...
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It's not considered legal tender since it's not a note, it doesn't have to be accepted. The cut out notes don't have to be accepted either as it's difficult to determine the authenticity of the sheet itself.
US Mint FAQ at https://www.usmint.gov/help-center/faqs/paper-currency-and-e... > Is uncut currency legal tender? > Yes. The individual notes on uncut currency sheets are legal tender.
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Pre-existing conditions, which as far as I'm aware, is a US-only concept. I'm happy to be corrected for that, though.
> Pre-existing conditions, which as far as I'm aware, is a US-only concept Most of the world's population has no concept of socialised heath insurance. Pre-existing or novel. Someone in a wheelchair, or who is blind or mute, is much better accomodated in America than in most of Europe. (In part because the former is richer.)
> Someone in a wheelchair, or who is blind or mute, is much better accomodated in America than in most of Europe.
I find that hard to believe given the lack of public transport, lack of funding for widespread public facilities, lack of empathy from insurers, lack of governmental social safety nets for those who come under unexpected hard times.
Would it be legal to use a sheet like that as currency?
"They meet the specs of the U.S. government, so by law, these are legal tender. I have been spending them. You can get arrested for them, you cannot get convicted because you're in the right."
It is probably not something you should do unless you are prepared to pay for a good lawyer, and don't mind the risk of getting arrested