The "Golden Age Act of 2025" wants to mandate Trump's portrait on all $100 bills printed after 2028.
Yes, you read that correctly. This is real. And it's exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.
Currency features historical figures, not living politicians seeking glorification
This isn't about legacy—it's about ego and propaganda
We're better than authoritarian personality cults
Critical thinking required • Democracy matters
"Who needs Washington, Lincoln, or Franklin when you can have ME on your money?"
— Said no humble leader, ever
Let's break down exactly why putting a living politician's face on currency is a terrible idea for democracy
There's a reason democracies wait until leaders are dead and their legacies can be objectively assessed. This isn't North Korea.
Authoritarian regimes put their leaders on currency to create personality cults. We're supposed to be better than that.
Currency should represent the nation, not any single politician. This prioritizes one person above the country.
Redesigning currency costs taxpayers millions. Should we really spend that money on political self-promotion?
Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton—they earned their place through historical achievement. This is premature ego-stroking.
Currency should unite us. Putting a divisive political figure on money forces everyone to carry propaganda.
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True leaders don't need their faces on money. They lead through service, humility, and putting country before self. This Act represents the opposite.
Currency honors those who've passed and whose legacy has been evaluated by history
Puts a living, politically active figure on money while legal troubles and controversies remain unresolved
Leaders serve the people and step down peacefully when their term ends
Creates permanent propaganda that everyone must carry in their wallet
Let's examine who actually appears on U.S. currency and why they earned that honor
Founded the nation, refused to be king, voluntarily stepped down after two terms, unanimously revered decades after his death
Preserved the Union, ended slavery, died for his country, historical consensus on greatness formed over 150+ years
Still alive and politically active, facing multiple legal proceedings, deeply divisive, no historical perspective possible, clear self-promotion
Currency honors those whose place in history is settled, not those still seeking power
Every person currently on U.S. currency was chosen decades or centuries after their death, once their historical significance was clear.
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