Frank and Ernest by Thaves for July 05, 2016
July 04, 2016
July 06, 2016
Transcript:
Ben Franklin: ....For he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. George Washington: I was going to make Ben Franklin Treasury Secretary, but.....
WOODNFLINT over 8 years ago
Things were screwed up from the beginning ………
WOODNFLINT over 8 years ago
Looks like a shortage of ink wells ………………
sandpiper over 8 years ago
Looking at the US Treasure today, maybe they should have listened to Ben.
hippogriff over 8 years ago
treesareusThe bigger the lie, the more likely it is to be believed by the masses. You also left out that Cleveland wiped out the debt and had a surplus, Congress wouldn’t let him return Hawai’i, and it has been more or less permanent war ever since.
WOODNFLINT over 8 years ago
I say mister, can you spare a nickel,,,,,,,,,,a dime,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a quarter………….. 50 cents…………………………a dollar………… a fiver…………………. a ten spot…………………….maybe a twenty………… a “C” note………… ?????
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
Put his face on the $100 bill; that’ll shut him up…
Kaputnik over 8 years ago
A penny saved is…actually quite unusual in government.
DD Wiz over 8 years ago
Ben Franklin drafted Thomas Jefferson to work with him to compose the Declaration of Independence in 1776..But long after fighting for Independence, a failed small central government and loose alliance of states under the Articles of Confederation, the actual Constitution we use today — which strengthened the Federal government and made it the supreme authority — did not take effect until 1789..Franklin died in 1790 — he was active and vibrant for the Declaration of Independence, but would have had a very short tenure if selected as Treasury secretary.
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
Good thing that whoever’s face is on the C-note doesn’t have to breathe in all the coke that said bills are regularly exposed to.
I imagine that would be shocking to Ben…