Reagan $50 bill? Move over U.S. Grant

I'm all for this -- just as long as they use a picture of Reagan sleeping through White House meetings with his top administration officials, something he did hundreds of times.

I would rather see Reagan on the ten dollar bill. Hamilton was a founding father but was not a president.

Let's hear it for Ronnie!

NO.

This man, Ronald Reagan, started the downhill drive of our economy and falsely claimed credit for the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A coward and a liar.

Oh great - another completely unnecessary expenditure. Don't these bozos have anything better to do?

What a joke! Grant helped to save the nation; Reagan started us down the path to ruin.

Grant was a early member of the American party, aka "The Knownothing Party"

The Knownothings were a collection of anti-foreign born, and anti-Catholic radicals.

As such he was an anti-Catholic bigot, and should never have been placed on our money.

This aside, Ronlad Reagan was one of our greatest presidents, and well merits the honor.

the nickle, the 50, mount rushmore....will the attempted deification of this mediocre president ever end? sure, he spoke up for conservative values, but if you look at his record, none of those values were actually put in place! he was a liberal before he realized he could get more votes being a conservative, and he began his political career by being placed as head of the screen actors guild by gangsters! those same gangsters who then helped him (and then he helped them) become gov. of cali. this is not a liberal rant. these are facts. anyone who thought RR is some kind of right-wing patron saint only needs to open a book that has been researched to see he's full of malarkey.

How times have changed....

Reagan studying briefing papers on how to dismantle the Soviet Union without firing a shot, and now we have panty waist, studying a memo on giving terrorists Miranda Rights.

Paulo

PUT Reagan on the 500 dollar bill that will be in circulation when all the Hyper inflation hits

Since Reagan was mainly an advocate for the wealthy and was concerned mostly about making the rich richer, put him on the $1000 bill instead

What a great idea. Reagan was a great president and a great human being. He lifted our spirits as a nation and we prospered in his era, like never before. Kudoes!

No. Just no. Revisionist historians are temporarily insane.

How about putting him on a
$3.00 bill?

While I am not concerned that this bill has any momentum, it causes me great concern that 14 members of congress are preoccupying themselves with an unnecessary and certainly costly change to currency while issues of economic recovery, health care reform, and a myriad of other important issues go unresolved.

Better choice - his sidekick Bonzo. At least he had some semblance of intelligence. And seemed to be conscious most of the time! Leave General Grant alone. His merits as a general and president far outweigh anything Reagan ever did. Gotta wonder what Nancy's psychic says? Certainly they already know the outcome. LOL

Shouldn't congressmen be introducing bills on healthcare, foreign policy, finance reform, balancing the budget, etc.

How about putting Reagan on the trillion dollar bill?

Reagan was the second-worst president we ever had ("W" gets the top spot).

He took phony credit for ending the Cold War. He tripled the national debt.

The only note Reagan should be on is a promissory note, he gave politcal cover to other Republicans (like W) to pile on more debt. "W" also lied about the debt by keeping Iraq and Afghanistan off the books.

Check the stats. From Carter to the presdent day, it's the Republicans who increase the debt far more than Democrats.

I would trade Reagan on the $50 for a robust public option.

Unbelievable. Grant is one of the reasons the Unites States didn't split in two! Reagan's got NOTHING on that.

They should sell the naming rights to the 50 dollar bill to pay down the debt

So let me get this straight. On the feels of Vietnam, Watergate, double digit inflation, and hostages in our embassy in Iran, some of you think Reagan led us down a path of destruction?? You're right. Ignore the 20+ years of economic prosperity and the collapse of the Soviet Union and blame him. I don't think we should change the $50 (as some have said either the $10 or the $100 since both have non-Presidents on them), but I'm guessing there are some on this site already ready for the Obama bill. Perhaps the billion dollar bill???

I remember an older latina woman's response when I asked her thoughts on Reagan, "Es el Anti-Cristo" (He is the Anti-Christ). His ability to cut funds for the most needy of our society was notorious. He was a B Actor and a C President. NC must not have any problems at all for this guy to spend OUR time on his personal nonsense. But hey whats to be expected from a NC Republican. Nonsense!

Absolutely not. U. S. Grant was a true patriot, a great general, and an American hero. Reagan was the king of deficit spending and the most overrated President in history. Reagan raised taxes numerous times and his policies benefited the rich and wealthy. Let's remember it was Reagan who sent unarmed U.S. Marines into a war zone in Beirut Lebanon then abruptly withdrew them after 250 were blown to pieces in October 1983. It was also Reagan who falsely claimed credit for the Soviet Union becoming dismantled.

If we are going to change on any bill make it the $20. Andrew Jackson was a traitor. The Supreme Court ruled the Cherokee could not be moved, and he said "The Supreme Court has made their decision, now let's see them enforce it." He violated the Constitution separation of powers! Traitor!

Devalued currency...

Ha, when the progressives get done there won't be a $50 bill to be found - China will have them all.

Why not issue a credit card with his face on it instead?

The "reagan revolution" acolytes are at it again. They managed to get an aircraft carrier and an airport named after the man while he was still alive.
Reagan sent the Marines to Lebanon, where they were slaughtered by a suicide bomber. He should have been impeached for Iran-Contra and ignored the Aids epidemic until it spread beyond the gay community. His constant mantra of deregulation culminated with the Wall Street and banking meltdown in 2008.
Was he likable? Sure. So was the captain of the Titanic.

I like Reagan and all, but I would rather see MLK Jr. on the $50 bill.

I don't think Grant deserves to be on the bill after all the coruption that happend under his watch as President.

Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin are other non-presidents that are on our paper money. They played important roles in American history and think they should remain on their respective bills.

I could see maybe putting Reagan on the quarter or penny since Washington and Lincoln are already represented on a bill.

A THOUSAND TIMES NO!!!!!!!!

wow...so many liberals, so much hyperventilating.

I say we put him on the $50, and carve him into Mt. Rushmore. The man was the best President this country has had in a long long time - despite what the history revisionists would have anyone believe.

The gay love affair with a treasonous man who sold arms to Iran and used that money to be funneled to terrorists in South America continues. Imagine what Right Wingers would say if President Clinton or Obama were to do the same.

Man, the trib crowd is getting just as bad as mcnbc. All you libs need to calm down. Is this a stupid idea? Probably, but don't start saying he was responsbile for this economy. Please, you guys need to live up to your own failures. Reagan's approval numbers and economic numbers will be way better than the "chosen one's" when this is all said and done.

What a waste of time. Heath Care is a mess days wait in emergency rooms and insurance companies just ripping us off and the Republican want to put Ronnie on the $50 bill? Is this some kind of joke. Who votes for these people? Definitely not the majority 41 senators. These guys are a joke!

WOW. The people saying Reagan was a bad president weren't even alive when he was president I would bet.

Reagan got us out of a huge fiasco with inflation and a horrible economy created by Carter (we would have had 30 years of disaster if he had a second term).

Reagan opened the door to huge government spending, creating trillion-dollar deficits to be paid for by future generations. GWB took the government spending even further and threw away any pretense that he even cared, increasing our deficit more than double what he inherited. The Republican cult figure Reagan does not deserve to be on our currency.

Why not make a new denomination. A 40 dollar bill (as Reagan was the 40th President). Leave Grant on the fifty and make a new bill for Reagan...that is more fitting I believe.

Put Sarah Palin on the bill if it gets meaningful health care reform passed.

No surprise that the feckless Republicans support wasting millions of dollars to redesign sacred currency while hypocritically crowing about deficit spending. Then again, it makes perfect sense that the GOP would honor a man whose demented actions resulted in triple deficits and tax cuts for the wealthy, all of which led the U.S. down the perilous path it now finds itself on. If these GOP hillbillies took off their rose-colored glasses, they would realize that the only place Reagan's face belongs is on toilet paper.

Great. The man who passed the largest single tax increase in American history gets to be on the $50 bill. Aren't the tea baggers going to be outraged?

No way!!! Reagan was an idiot who happened to be surrounded by some competent advisers. Remember when he said that the waters off of Santa Barbara were a health spa because of all the oil spills? Or that the trees in Colorado produce more air pollution than all of the cars in the US combined? He was an idiot, plain and simple.

Well, thank GOODNESS our legislators are not wasting their time with the economic crisis or healthcare reform, so they can devote all of their attention to this pressing matter which will impact the lives of so many Americans!

Put him on an IOU at 20% interest, payable by your great grandchildren.

How about picking a US taxpayer

Absolutely ridiculous that time is being wasted on this stupid idea. Not only do I find Reagan unworthy to be put on our currency, but the astonomical cost at a time when Republicans are screaming the loudest about the deficit? If they must debate this issue my suggestion would be to put Nancy and her physic or whoever it was telling her what to tell her husband to do. good grief.

The fact that this was even proposed is offensive.

Why is it that, post Nixon (evil, but smart), all the Republican Presidents have been small minded to imbecilic (Ford, Reagan, Bush and Bush)....

Looks like Rep. Patrick McHenry has nothing better to do while he's one of the republicans complaining Obama doesn't have his priorities straight.

With Obonehead in power, we are likely to see Chairman Mao on our money first.

There is no doubt that an image of Ronald Reagan should be preserved for future generations. However, the most appropriate medium for displaying that image is not U.S. currency, but rather someplace where George W. Bush's and Dick Cheney's images are already being sold; rolls of toilet tissue.

Is this the R. Reagan that had to pass TWO tax increases to make up for his fabled tax cut? The fiscal conservative that expanded our deficit and taught Republicans like "W" that it COULD BE DONE?! Thanks, I'll take two $20s and a $10!

Will Bonzo be on the reverse?

For his support of amnesty for illegal immigrants, he deserves this honoe.

For his support of amnesty for illegal immigrants, he deserves this honor.

I would like to see John Adams on the $50...put Regan on the $20...you Demented_crats really ought to buck up and realize you got Jimmy Carter back, except this one is raising YOUR taxes too!

I hope this happens.

this is a joke right?

gawd, I hope this is a joke. This is what the GOP party is concentrating on?

Hey John - I was around when Reagon was president - he was horrible - pandered to the wealthy - and I BLAME him for the national lack of action in the early years of the AIDS epidemic...remember, he wouldn't even say AIDS! As one who toasted a fond farewell when he kicked the bucket - I don't want to see his hate mongering face ever again!

Reagan's one redeeming quality was that he made us feel good. If this sole criteria is qualification enough for the honor, why not Marilyn Chambers?

@ John. The numbers don't bear out what you're saying but it would be interesting to talk about how Reagan got us out of a sluggish economy. He spent, spent, spent and when there was no more to spend, he spent some more.

Silly Republican deficit and stimulus hawks. Trix are for kids. Your own dear leader is no different then Obama or FDR. The only difference is who he favored (rich over the working class).

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John says:

WOW. The people saying Reagan was a bad president weren't even alive when he was president I would bet.

Reagan got us out of a huge fiasco with inflation and a horrible economy created by Carter (we would have had 30 years of disaster if he had a second term).

This is a waste of time and money. Do the Republicans realize how much it will cost to redo the $50 bill? The complain that the Democrats want to spend too much and are spending time on unimportant issues when the economy is in the dumps. And they come along with this proposal? Maybe later, when the nation is a little healthier. Until then, Senator, focus on what's important.

this is in reply to rance... dude have you read your recent history. RR is more responsible than any other single person for dismantling the soviet union. it was his policies of building up our military, bluffing with star wars and other high tech, using our superior economic system to outspend and out develop the USSR until they could no longer keep up while at the same time RR's policies of engaging the more moderate members of soviet leadership.
had we kept carter in office, my guess is that it would have been us that lost cold war. Reagan = peace through strength, Carter = conflict through weakness.

April 9th 1969...while speaking about legal protesting on the California State University campuses Reagan said..
IF it takes a BLOODBATH ( of STUDENTS blood) to get this thing over with then LET IT BEGIN..!
The ONLY President to openly call for the deaths of young people, by war or at his hand for protesting a war either way Ronnie want those kids DEAD at ANY expense. This is the guy who Republicans call their hero, the guy who wanted their kids deaths so he could prove his own level of conservatism. Where is the PATRIOTIC basis for that? ...and where are those who quiver whenever that quote is brought to the surface again?
Reagan was a ChickenHawk hiding behind an Actress and 3 guys with more money than the State of California at that time.

"Every generation needs its own heroes."

With heroes like that, who needs villains?

Maybe someone should calculate the number of lives that were lost as a direct result of their "leadership".

The winner gets his face on the bill!

On the same note (pun); just an idea.
Why doesn't Congress authorize the United States Mint to auction off to the highest corporate bidder advertisement space on any currency of their choice? It would be the perfect platform for any corporation to cry about only making $40million in profits rather than a projected $50million.

Last time I checked, the Soviets really bankrupted themselves through idiocy, corruptness and a prolonged war in Afghanistan. Not by Ronnie. But I was only 2 when he got elected, so how would I know?

There is nothing wrong with our $50 Dollar bill as it is. The only thing wrong with it is that you can't buy much with it. Not even our medications which is what these bozos in Congress should be concentrating on.

Oh, God no. Or better yet, no way Jose. Or better yet, hell no and I voted for him twice when he run for president, but after knowing all that there is to know about him, he doesn't deserve it. First, he is the most fically irresponsible president of all times. Second, he was the one that proclaimed that if Medicare became law, this country would turn into a communist country and the rest is history.

LISTEN TO THE LOONY LEFT SPEW ITS HATRED!!!!

Reagan has no real claim to fame in the history of the U.S.,
other than starting us down the Republican road to lunacy and the elimination of the social safety net.

As of 2:30 PM on March 3rd, the grammar in the Reagan photo's caption is mangled.

Numerous Gov Bldgs,
One Major Airport AND
an Aircraft Carrier (despite the fact he was ARMY NOT NAVY!!!!!)
Enough is ENOUGH!!!!
Leave him to rest in peace and the Country to rest in the Pieces, he (and the GOP started) left behind!
Leave the General who saved the Union alone.

No - the man was joke.

No - the man was at best a "B" actor and a joke of a president. Better we just forget he ever existed.

The $50 bill is a good choice. It matches Reagan's IQ.

One Million times NO!!!!

Reagan did pass some of the biggest TAX INCREASES in U.S. history. Reagan would not make it in today's tea party.

The only upside would be sitting on Ronnie's face. Otherwise I would suggest his face be on a $1T bill since he started all these deficits in the first place.

http://zfacts.com/p/57.html

LISTEN TO THE LOONY LEFT SPEW ITS HATRED!!!!
Bobby Mobbie

You want to hear bigotry and hatred, tune into Buttface Beck,Weinerman Savage, and the bloated one- Limpbaugh. Get over it loser. Reagan was a fraud and a failure.
And, I can attest to the Reagan presidency as I was a college student during his corrupt administration.

A waste of time and money. Grant wasn't a saint, but Reagan was even less of one. I love how people love to rewrite history. Reagan was worthless and his greatness is a myth...

Grant should stay just for the joy of knowing that a southerner has to use a bill with a picture of a man who helped to lay waste to a bunch of treasonous and secessionists who nearly destroyed the Union.

The Soviets were awesome bad guys in so many movies. When the cold war ended so did Bond and Rambo's purpose. I blame Ronnie.

I really wish you all would pick up a book every now and then. Reagan resurrected this country after the 60s and 70s almost tore it apart. You claim he "led us down this path or ruin" yet the 80s and 90s generated mass amounts of wealth and prosperity. I love Illinois Democrats making a corruption jab: how many of your governors have been indicted lately? You can say anything you want about his politics, but his character was remarkable.

Please, please, please can this congress deal with real issues. The time spent working on this bill could've been spent on the thousands of real issues that this country faces like jobs and the economy. The face on the $50 bill won't matter if no one has $50 to spend.

And how much would it cost us to make these changes??? Yeah exactly. At a time when most Americans don't ever even see a $50 bill, these clowns are trying to change them. You know what, fix the damn economy you jags.

@Buckley: I love the way you think! As for all you others who claim that Reagan was our "greatest" president, how would you know? Reagan was called the Great Communicator only because he had good speech writers and could use a teleprompter effortlessly. Nothing more. Remember the chaos he caused when he went "off script?" THAT was the TRUE Reagan!

Why not add Reagan to the right side of the $50 bill. They moved Grant to the left side when they remade the $50 bill.They could then add other presidents to the other paper bills

If anyone looks closely at the Federal Reserve Note pictured, it is a star note; an error.
Could the picture represent a self-fullfilling phophecy?
Only Regans' fortune tellers will know.

*cough* Iran Contra. *cough*

Posted by: Paulo | March 3, 2010 11:27 AM

Oddly enough, I agree with you. Sort of. While Reagan's domestic and economic policies were unarguably disastrous. I always have admired the way he handled the cold war.

Too bad the mindless Bush-whacker and "bombs away" Cheney never realized Sadaam could have been taken down without firing a shot as well.

As far as his portrait on a bill, I agree, it is time to re-think Hamilton on the 10. But FDR would make more sense to promote to "currency status". He did get us out of the greatest economic catastrophe in history, and also won WWII.

I think it's a great ldea!!!
SINCE MY TOILET PAPER HAS OBAMAS FACE ON IT.

Put Bill Clinton on there, instead. At least he left us with a healthy budget surplus. something that neither his Republican predecessor nor successor were unable to do.

Why not issue a credit card with his face on it instead?
Posted by: Adam | March 3, 2010 12:17 PM

Best comment ever. I was going to suggest the $100 bill since he managed to rack up the biggest deficit in history. Why do the Repubs worship this charlatan?

My old friend Grover Norquist is at it again! Bless his heart...

In addition to being president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover also founded “The Reagan Project.” Which is obsessed with getting schools, highways, bridges, airports, in every state in the Union named for doddering old RR.

I think Grover’s leadership in these right-wing groups is hilarious. These racist, women-hating, gay-bashing, half-wit clowns are paying a fortune to an openly gay man to do their dirty work. Grover is well known in the gay bars and bathhouses in DC (and Manhattan. And Cleveland. And Miami. And Settle. And Atlanta… you get the picture).

As a gay man myself, the only think I can say to Grover is “you go, girl!!” Spend that money!

Surely Reagan deserves a Federal Reserve Note of his own. Let's hear it for a $75 bill, Reagan on the front, with either the Berlin Wall or the "Hollywood Sign" on the reverse. Works for me!

ok, Reagan was many things, but how can you blame him for AIDS?? 99.99% of AIDS cases involve unprotected activities between two adults, which the blame rests solely on those two people. A totally preventable disease, prevented by a few smart lifestyle choices. Don't blame Reagan for your poor choice about who to get it on with. If Reagan had said, "no, don't do that," you would have screamed he shouldn't be telling you what to do. Give me a break.

Not to take anything away from Reagan, good or bad, but he didn't have a patch on Grant, either as a president, soldier, or human being.

I do agree that Jackson should be replaced on the $20.

Well, as Ronnie would say, and as old time farmers downstate still say,

You could do a lot worse.

Like putting a Bush on the coin of the realm.

And I confess a soft spot for Ronnie because my aunt married his cousin (the "Wilson" part of Ronald Wilson Reagan).

However, it's a little early for canonization...

Unless you're a Franklin Roosevelt elected to 4 terms and killed in office by the stess of leading the US to ultimate victory in WW II.

FDR I could see on Mt. Rushmore.

But I think a few more decades need to go by before the verdict is in on Ronnie.

Though he's clearly the high point between Truman and of course Barack.

Barack will without doubt be on the currency eventually.

In a few decades.

I'm amused by the fools (even the few who know how to spell properly and can put coherent sentences together) who believe Reagan was a "great" president and therefore "deserves" to be put on currency. His deviousness and whacky economic policies dog us to this day. If there were a Reagan coin, his head could be on one side and a horse's ass on the other. Now THAT would strike a fiscal balance.

Unionman,

Just so you have some facts striaght - deregulation started before Reagan. As a matter of fact Carter (one of the few good economic acts he ever did) help push thru much of it.

Our country is much better off because of President Reagan. Many of you flatliners are spazzing because of a recession. The reason for that is you haven't lived thru a deep-long recession in the past 25 years. Thank you President Reagan.

The former countries of the Soviet Bloc thank you President Reagan now that they are free from the grips of communism. The people of Central America thank you for stopping the spread of communism in their countries also.

Best president in my half-century on this planet, by far.

Terry:
Fair enough. Carter did sign into law bills deregulating the railroads, trucking and the airline industry. However, I was referring to the financial markets. Although deregulation of the S&L's started near the end of the Carter administration, the Reagan administration fumbled the handoff during the early 80's, resulting in a 200 Billion dollar fiasco American taxpayers had to shoulder. It happened during Reagan's watch. Your canonization of the "Gipper" isn't going to fly.

Rance Spergl, Allen Kelson Marthastew and ballmerboy clearly never served in the military and obviously underestimate what Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher accomplished in Eastern Europe. Talk about a waste of time, let's talk about re-minting the penny . . . seriously what did that cost and WHY ?

LIKE I SAID: LISTEN TO THE LOONY LEFT SPEW ITS HATRED!!!!
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Bobby Mobbie
You want to hear bigotry and hatred, tune into Buttface Beck,Weinerman Savage, and the bloated one- Limpbaugh. Get over it loser. Reagan was a fraud and a failure.
And, I can attest to the Reagan presidency as I was a college student during his corrupt administration.
Posted by: Doug R. | March 3, 2010 4:11 PM

Unionman,

That S & L crisis - you mean the one that created the failure of Madison Guaranty? and shafy land deals in Arkansas?

BM,

Doogie was in college? He should seek a refund.

Terry,

Revisit David Stockman's own assessment of Reaganomics as well as the opinion of the late Al Haig. Keep in mind that these were Reagan's own people, let alone the millions who were "trickled on."

Maybe it was a good thing he was asleep so much of the time.

KB,

I am familar with Stockman's and haig's assessments - I think they were wrong. The economy grew for 20 years after the Reagan Presidency becasue of his lowering tax rates down from a punitive 70%. Revenues to the Treasury nearly doubled in his 8 years. The Soviet Union fell because there wasn't a weak-kneed Jimmy carter in the Oval Office.

I'll stand by my statement that Reagan was not only best president in the past half century, but the best president of teh 20th century.

Terry:
You're out of Schlitz on your personal hero, so you're going to change the subject?
By the by; what's a "shafy" land deal?
I can't stop laughing.......

"I am familar with Stockman's and haig's assessments - I think they were wrong." --Terry

I didn't know you were closer to Reagan's inner circle than his HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET and his SECRETARY OF STATE.

Delusional...

KB,

How many dozens of Reagan staffers would agree with my assessment?

Unionboy,

A "shafy" land deal is when you hit "d" on the keyborad instead of the "f" when typing the word "shady". Glad typos bring humor to your world.

Didn't change the subject at all.

GOD BLESS RONALD REAGAN!!
The exact opposite of the Socialist In Chief we have now.

Reagan changed the thinking in our country significantly. He got a young generation engaged politically. He is more related to our world today that an arsonist with a drinking problem from the 1800's.

Why do some people still like Reagan boggles my mind, the man was a loser! He is the number one reason why we are where we are in America today. The current man on the bill, Ulysses S. Grant, helped end the civil war, but he is a Republican, so we should not be surprised at his behavior! Reagan gave Fundamentalist Christian Extremists a voice in Washington, and he lowered taxes for corporations, refused to allow money to be used to research AIDS, cheated on his first wife, 'Iran Contra', the American Hostages, etc. So don't let those on the "right" lie their way out of the mess their savior Reagan created for Americans!