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Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:37 PM
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Replace Grant's picture on a $50 bill with Ronald Reagan???
Edited on Fri Mar-05-10 12:42 PM by Cyrano
AOL news has a story that Congressman Patrick McHenry, (R. North Carolina), wants to put Reagan's picture on the $50 bill. (Here's the link.)

http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/readers-react-president-reagan-on-the-50-bill/19383936

If Republicans ever again control the White House and the congress, we'll probably see Nixon on the $5 bill, W on the $10 bill and Herbert Hoover on the dime.

What's wrong with these people?

Would you carry around a $50 bill with St. Ronnie on it?
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:39 PM
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1. Wait until Bill Clinton is dead then put him on it. He was more popular than Reagan. nt
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:39 PM
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2. If I had a $50 to carry around I wouldn't mind if PeeWee Herman was on it..n/t
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:40 PM
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3. New look for the One Dollar.
Edited on Fri Mar-05-10 12:48 PM by sharesunited
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:42 PM
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4. I rarely have occasion to see a $50 bill, let alone possess one
but you can bet Ronnie's picture would not pass through my hands unaltered.

At least they're not trying to put the old fraud on something we actually use.

In any case, since $50 now buys what $5 bought at the start of his miserable 8 years, the amount is just about right. However, the only things I want that prick's ugly face on are foreclosure notices and bad checks.
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Kievan Rus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:43 PM
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5. If they do it, I'll ask for two $20s and one $10 instead of a $50 with him on it
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:49 PM
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6. Well, our money has been devalued considerably since Reagan took office. . .
putting his picture on it would be like placing a capstone on its rapid demise.

I don't believe that's these idiots' intent, but it would be how I'd forever see it.

Best just to leave it all alone. Reagan will get his mug on a Presidential $1 coin in 2016. His hagiographers will just have to live with the anticipation, same as the rest of us live with the dread.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 01:07 PM
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7. There's no way in HELL I would accept a Reagan $50 - that would be phoney money.
Why would I take a $50 that someone else might refuse to accept as legal tender. I wouldn't consider it legal tender no matter WHAT was printed on it.



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Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 01:15 PM
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8. A $50 sheet of toilet paper?That's inflation run amok.
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 01:16 PM
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9. It would be the new $3 bill if they do it. n/t
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