Keep Honest Abe

I believe that if we were, to indeed change the penny, that no one replaces Abraham Lincoln. I don’t think anyone in America today is deserving of replacing him. He is one of our founding fathers and helped get America on track. I think that if there was someone that make as much of a difference as him, then yes they should be on the penny. But today there isn’t anyone that’s actually doing anything to help fix us. Were going downhill and we need a modern day Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln is there for a reason; he got America out of a rough time and got us to where we needed to be. No one is going out on their own to try and fix what’s wrong. And more then enough is wrong with America today. Our dollar is decreasing, inflation is rising greatly and were in the middle of a war. But no one is going to take it into their own hands and do something about it. I’m not saying people need to do these types of things to be recognized. I’m simply stating that to be an American icon depicted on the US penny, they should be able to say; “I made a positive change for America and my people.”

Abraham Lincoln helped free the slaves as most people know. Because of him black men and women in the United States now have all the rights that white people have. Can you think of a person in the past few years that has done something close to that? My personal opinion is no. I don’t believe anyone else has done a fraction of what Lincoln has done. Therefore no one is deserving enough to replace Abraham Lincoln as one of Americas icons and a real role model for the type of people we need these days. Unless someone decides to step up and fight for what they believe, I say we keep honest Abe on the penny and hope someone follows in his footsteps. Only then will I agree with a new American icon on the United States penny.