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Critics Blast Fed Panel Decision to Mint Trump Gold Coin for US 250th Anniversary Celebration (truthout.org)

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The US Mint is generally prohibited from producing coins featuring living public figures or presidents.

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[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Absolutely nothing feels like a bit much, but I would 100% vote for an amendment banning naming buildings, statues, or other emblems of any living president.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

I mean even historic figures are human and far from perfect. I think it just makes sense to take humans out of the equation. Especially when you get partisan things. I mean reagans dead and look at all the things named after him. can you imagine if the republicans survive how much they will plaster trump all over the place. like its not plastered enough. I mean removing humans leaves us with plenty of options and I really do wish they had a set a precedence of significant days and dates in democracy and freedom type of thing. Like I would hate using the date of the start of the revolutionary war but would love the date the constitution was signed or the declaration of indpendence or significant amendments like the one almost ending slavery.