EDITOR: The $10 bill has Alexander Hamilton on the front and the U.S. Treasury on the back. This is because Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury. He successfully created the U.S. financial system without stockpiles of gold or silver. He was brilliant and indispensable to the creation of our government and United States economic system.

Recently, the Obama Administration promoted the idea of taking Hamilton off the $10 bill and replacing him with a woman. While I’m all in favor of putting a woman on the US currency, I always opposed removing Hamilton because of his unique status with the creation of our currency, finances, U.S. Treasury and economy.

Alas, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew recently announced Hamilton will stay on the $10 bill, and a woman (Harriet Tubman) will be put on the $20 bill.

Why did he make this correct change? Because he recently saw the smash Broadway Musical hit “Hamilton” and actually learned how important Alexander Hamilton was to the creation of this country, our monetary system and economy. That’s right — he had to watch a Broadway Musical to learn this. I was fortunate enough to have grown up in Wausau and learned all about Hamilton’s importance in the Wausau Public Schools.

Maybe we need to have to some Washington politicians start taking classes in Wausau so they have a little better sense of American history.

Cal Tillisch,


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