Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Indeed as April 15 draws near we are reminded of that reality. Yet, there is another reality that we push to the back of our thoughts that looms ever above us; the national debt.

The lowly penny and the $5 bill are dedicated to the quintessential American icon, Abraham Lincoln. Our 16th President ironically preserved the Union through the catastrophic carnage of the Civil War.