While many cheered the Treasury Department’s decision to put famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton said on Friday that she wants to go further.
During a conversation about economic barriers at a Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, café, Clinton said that while she was happy about Tubman’s inclusion on the $20 bill, she was more concerned with the amount of those bills that women get compared to men, according to Politico.
“It’s not just enough to be on the money, you need to be making the money, and that’s what we want to talk about today,” Clinton said.
“I am very excited about Harriet Tubman and the other women who are going to be included on our money,” she added, as quoted by Politico. “But, I also want to make sure that women are making the money that we deserve to make.”
Equal pay is one of the core issues of Clinton’s campaign. She frequently speaks to the issue in Democratic primary debates and invoked equal pay during her victory speech after winning the New York primary this week.
Not a very Wall Street-friendly comment. Why can’t she just accept that baby steps are needed… women already spend most of the personal income, so then we put pictures of women on the money… perhaps in another 30-50 years when all the hubbub about Harriet Tubman on a $20 calms down, we can hold a Congressional Hearing or two.
Really though Tubman should be on the $15 bill…
Hardly anyone makes what s/he deserves to make. A few make much more than they deserve. Most make much less.
Still, a noble sentiment!
How about tying the value of the bill to women’s pay inequity–face amount $20, but now worth only 79/100 of that amount. Then, everyone who holds a bill will be motivated to get that equity closer to 100/100, and the money in one’s wallet becomes more valuable.
So who says Hillary’s only about the status quo? That she doesn’t shoot for big goals?