Eye Opener: Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill?

Washington Post ^ | 3 MARCH 2010 | Ed O'Keefe

[rdb3]

Happy Wednesday! The Gipper soon may be coming to a wallet near you, if a Republican lawmaker has his way.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) on Tuesday proposed putting the nation's 40th president on the greenbacks, arguing he deserves the monetary honor.

[StopObama2012]

Well, why not? 0bama’s on my toilet paper.

The least we can do for Reagan is the $50.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Long time, no see.

[Radix]

We can put Obama on the 3 dollar bill.

[Blogger]

I agree.

[Blogger]

Reagan helped draw a generation back to the Founding Fathers though. He was an evangelist for Freedom at a time where it was needed. I don’t object to the change.

[circlecity]

"Sam Grant has earned his spot on the $ 50.00 leave him alone"

Roger that. In my book Grant was our greatest General and certainly deserves to stay right where he is. He got it done in our darkest hour.

[savedbygrace]

The ten and the hundred have non-presidents on them, Hamilton on the ten, Franklin on the hundred. Put President Reagan on one of those.

Either that, or put him on the $10,000 in place of Salmon P. Chase. Ha.

[Tzfat]

Reagan was great; however, he dosen't hold a candle to ANY of the Founding Fathers.

Good. So get the anti-constitutionalists, Grant and Lincoln off.

[Tzfat]

He got it done in our darkest hour.

Huh? Grant was a druken brawler who reintroduced total war to the world - and against what he described as "fellow Americans" - Grant a Lincoln are the models for Obama's federal power grabs.

[Bryan24]

How about a picture of James Madison?

[GingisK]

So get the anti-constitutionalists, Grant and Lincoln off...

Good idea. Maybe Reagan can take one of those slots. I'd rather see more Founders.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"I’d rather he be on the $1 bill so that the leftists would have to see him more often."

After Obama finishes devaluing the dollar, the $50 "Ronnie" will replace the $1 bill in most wallets.

[Outership]

Put him on the dime.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I’m a Yankee living in the south, and I don’t think much of Grant either. He had a corrupt administration, so I imagine that Zero will want to support him.

[1776 Reborn]

Yeah, I often wondered how Grant made it on the currency so long, if at all.

[NeoCaveman]

Given Andrew Jackson’s animosity towards central banking, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if we replaced him with Reagan on the 20.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Grant is nothing compared to Reagan. FRegards ....

[metmom]

GMTA...

[Tatze]

It would be nice!

[DemforBush]

I guess my question is, would Mr. Reagan have wanted something like this? I don’t know. I think his humble nature might have objected.