Reagan the new face of the $10 bill?

The1calledTKE · #1 06-08-2004, 11:24 AM

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ronald Reagan's face could one day adorn the $10 bill or half the dimes minted in the country, if fans of the late president get their way.

USA Today reported Tuesday that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to sponsor legislation to have Reagan replace Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first treasury secretary, on the $10 bill.

Meanwhile, an effort is underway in the House, led by Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-Calif.), to put Reagan's face on the $20.

If either effort is successful, it would represent the first change of a person on U.S. currency since 1929, when the nation's paper money was standardized in size and general design. Although various anti-counterfeiting measures have altered the look of paper notes since then, the principals depicted have not changed.

The proposal has the support of Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, which is headed by Grover Norquist, an influential conservative activist.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/08/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

This is another crazy idea. He already has a federal building, aircraft carrier and a airport named after him.

ZTAngel · #2 06-08-2004, 11:32 AM

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This is another crazy idea. He already has a federal building, aircraft carrier and a airport named after him.

The Florida Turnpike also. It is the Ronald Reagan Turnpike.

AlphaSigOU · #3 06-08-2004, 01:05 PM

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The Florida Turnpike also. It is the Ronald Reagan Turnpike.

As I'd stated in another thread, it's gonna take me a while for me to get used to calling Washington National Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Or the Florida Turnpike the Ronald Reagan Turnpike. (Anyone remember when it was originally called the Sunshine State Parkway?)

Jill1228 · #4 06-08-2004, 01:50 PM

I will never call it Ronald Reagan airport. To me it will ALWAYS be National Airport!

Damn I miss DC!

AlphaSigOU · #5 06-08-2004, 02:22 PM

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I will never call it Ronald Reagan airport. To me it will ALWAYS be National Airport!

Damn I miss DC!

Those who follow basebrawl... remember when Bob Costas flat out refused to call Candlestick Park 3Com Park?

#6 06-08-2004, 02:32 PM

I think it is a great idea for a great american and a great president. It comes pretty dam close instead of the mt rushmore idea instead the currancy...i say go for it!

DZHBrown · #7 06-08-2004, 02:37 PM

I think it's a great tribute. Why should it matter that he already has an airport, aircraft carrier, and turnpike named after him? Think about all of the things named after other people - George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, etc.

Pike1483 · #8 06-08-2004, 02:42 PM

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I think it's a great tribute. Why should it matter that he already has an airport, aircraft carrier, and turnpike named after him? Think about all of the things named after other people - George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, etc.

I completely agree. I think the left will be against it because Ronald Reagan was a great conservative republican, and they are being partisan as usual. Remember that many of the left hated Pres. Reagan during his term.

The1calledTKE · #9 06-08-2004, 03:26 PM

So when Jimmy Carter dies its ok to put him on currency since he won the noble peace prize?

Or how about Clinton? He was a popular president even during his scandal. Reagan had Iran Contra, Clinton had Monica. I liked Reagan and he was TKE, but putting him on Mt Rusmore or on money is way overboard.

madmax · #10 06-08-2004, 03:30 PM

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So when Jimmy Carter dies its ok to put him on currency since he won the noble peace prize?

No. Carter was one of the worst Presidents ever.

Rudey · #11 06-08-2004, 03:30 PM

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Originally posted by The1calledTKE
So when Jimmy Carter dies its ok to put him on currency since he won the noble peace prize?

Or how about Clinton? He was a popular president even during his scandal. Reagan had Iran Contra, Clinton had Monica. I liked Reagan and he was TKE, but putting him on Mt Rusmore or on money is way overboard.

No. Jimmy Carter was one of the worse presidents ever. Yasser Arafat the terrorist won the nobel peach prize as well. Reagan wouldn't be put on because he was just a popular president. He would be put on because of his achievements.

Clinton's achievements?? Now you're bringing up scandals. And switching from achievements to scandals as if it's just a huge popularity contest.

-Rudey

Kevin · #12 06-08-2004, 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by The1calledTKE
So when Jimmy Carter dies its ok to put him on currency since he won the noble peace prize?

Or how about Clinton? He was a popular president even during his scandal. Reagan had Iran Contra, Clinton had Monica. I liked Reagan and he was TKE, but putting him on Mt Rusmore or on money is way overboard.

Comparing Carter to ANY other President is hilarious.

We were kicked around by oil cartels, the Soviets, a few Iranian thugs.. Not to mention (as Dems would say) "The economy, stupid". All of that changed just as soon as Reagan took office.

sugar and spice · #13 06-08-2004, 03:48 PM

Haven't they been working on this for a while?

There are a number of surveys that have attempted to rank the presidents -- here are a handful:

http://www.americanpresidents.org/survey/historians/ (performance within context of times is probably the most relavent, though some of the others are interesting)

http://www.opinionjournal.com/hail/rankings.html

While Reagan is ranked fairly high, I'm not sure it's high enough to justify putting his face on the ten-dollar bill this soon.

And this is just me, but I don't really like the idea of having recent political figures on currency, regardless of political party. What's wrong with the old guys?

The1calledTKE · #14 06-08-2004, 03:50 PM

Reagan did advance the fall of communism in the Soviet block yes.
He boosted people confidence about the economy.

Does this qualify him to be on some form of currency?

Kevin · #15 06-08-2004, 03:54 PM

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Reagan did advance the fall of communism in the Soviet block yes.
He boosted people confidence about the economy.

Does this qualify him to be on some form of currency?

Probably moreso than Hamilton.

That ranking BTW was a joke. It had LBJ and Woodrow "Great Depression" Wilson ahead of Reagan. And there was JFK. He really did nothing of consequence except get assassinated (unless you want to count the Bay of Pigs).