50 Dollar Bill

[Dancing with Myself]

There is talk of putting President Reagan on the fifty dollar bill, do you support the move?

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Put him on the $10 trillion bill to represent that the real national debt has increased by over that amount since he took office.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     No, though President Grant shouldn't be on it either. Put someone like Coolidge on there.

[memphis]

Abolish tangible money altogether.

[Dancing with Myself]

     No, though President Grant shouldn't be on it either. Put someone like Coolidge on there.

I agree they should put Reagan on the fifty, and create a new one like $75 with Coolidge on it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     No, though President Grant shouldn't be on it either. Put someone like Coolidge on there.

I agree they should put Reagan on the fifty, and create a new one like $75 with Coolidge on it.

     Really, they should start printing bills over $100 again. A dollar now is worth much less than it was in 1969, such that someone actually using a larger bill isn't so implausible.

[Dancing with Myself]

     No, though President Grant shouldn't be on it either. Put someone like Coolidge on there.

I agree they should put Reagan on the fifty, and create a new one like $75 with Coolidge on it.

     Really, they should start printing bills over $100 again. A dollar now is worth much less than it was in 1969, such that someone actually using a larger bill isn't so implausible.

Agreed

[ScottM]

     Really, they should start printing bills over $100 again. A dollar now is worth much less than it was in 1969, such that someone actually using a larger bill isn't so implausible.

I think there may be something to that idea. It makes more sense to have them now than it did when they actually printed them.

And, yes, I would like to see Reagan on some bill. The fifty, or whatever. Just put him on something.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

No, it's good as it is now.

[Torie]

     No, though President Grant shouldn't be on it either. Put someone like Coolidge on there.

I agree they should put Reagan on the fifty, and create a new one like $75 with Coolidge on it.

     Really, they should start printing bills over $100 again. A dollar now is worth much less than it was in 1969, such that someone actually using a larger bill isn't so implausible.

Absent credit cards, big bills would indeed be much more common now due to inflation. But I use a credit card whenever possible, and thus can get by with 20 dollar bills in general.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Since the back of the $50 has the U.S. Capitol, someone from Congress should be on the front, and I can think of no one better than Henry Clay.

When we get a $200 bill, I'd like to see Chief Justice Marshall on the front and the Supreme Court courtroom on the back.

If we get a $500 bill back, I'd like to see the front have James Madison (who last appeared on the $5000) and the back be Christy's Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States which heretofore has not appeared on U.S. currency.  Definitely no reason to put McKinley on the front again.

[Cubby]

No, I would strongly oppose this.

Reagan already has every other highway, courthouse, hospital, outhouse, henhouse, whorehouse in the South and Midwest named after him. People who aren't movement conservatives don't understand how little the rest of the Country cares about Reagan.

It will always be Washington National Airport to me. He didn't deserve that honor either.

[WillK]

     No, though President Grant shouldn't be on it either. Put someone like Coolidge on there.

Why Coolidge?  Grant seems a much better choice.

[WillK]

There is talk of putting President Reagan on the fifty dollar bill, do you support the move?

God no. 

[Stranger in a strange land]

There is talk of putting President Reagan on the fifty dollar bill, do you support the move?

God no.  

How about this: we get universal health care, they get Reagan on the 50. I'd take that compromise

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Why do you need people on the bills anyway?



Buildings looks just fine as well.

(Note: I don't support the Euro... I just think they look very beautiful)

[perdedor]

God no...

Perhaps FDR or Eisenhower would be more appropriate selections if we are limiting this to Presidents.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Totally,  yes.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

     No, though President Grant shouldn't be on it either. Put someone like Coolidge on there.

I agree they should put Reagan on the fifty, and create a new one like $75 with Coolidge on it.

     Really, they should start printing bills over $100 again. A dollar now is worth much less than it was in 1969, such that someone actually using a larger bill isn't so implausible.

I wouldn't hold my breath for larger bills any time soon. Large transactions are seldom paid for in cash, the organized crime concerns that took large bills out of circulation circa 1969 still exist, and counterfeiting concerns would be a horrendous nightmare.

Besides, by the time there would be an inflationary need for a higher-than-$100 bill, we'll be on an entirely electronic monetary system anyway.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Turns out it's Patrick McHenry who wants Reagan on the $50 bill.

I have to agree with his primary opponent--I like Reagan, but that doesn't mean we need him on the $50 bill.

[The Mikado]

What's wrong with keeping U. S. Grant (a fine man and a patriot, if maybe a sh**tty president)?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Why do you need people on the bills anyway?

Buildings looks just fine as well.

(Note: I don't support the Euro... I just think they look very beautiful)

Ugh.  Imaginary buildings.

Here's what I would put on U.S. currency and coins if I could dictate such things.

Currency
$500: James Madison / Christy's Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
$200: John Marshall / Supreme Court courtroom
$100: Benjamin Franklin / Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (formerly on the back of the $2 bill)
$50: Henry Clay / U.S. Capitol
$20: John Adams / White House
$10: Alexander Hamilton / Trumbull's Washington Resigning his Commission
$5: Abraham Lincoln / Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech at the Lincoln memorial

Coin ($2 to $¼ to have a bald eagle on the reverse)
$2: [bimetalic ring] Old Faithful
$1: Statue of Liberty (current reverse of the $1 presidential dollar series)
$½: [new 4.05g coin of the same composition as the $1] Golden Gate Bridge
$¼: George Washington
dime: Ring of thirteen stars / Liberty Bell
nickel: [same size, but nickel-plated steel] Indian Head / Buffalo

[useful idiot]

God no...

Perhaps FDR or Eisenhower would be more appropriate selections if we are limiting this to Presidents.

FDR is on the dime and Eisenhower was on the silver dollar. Why on earth isn't Theodore Roosevelt on something?

As for the 50, Grant was a great general and a decent man. He's far more deserving than Jackson, who shouldn't be anywhere near the 20...

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

What's wrong with keeping U. S. Grant (a fine man and a patriot, if maybe a sh**tty president)?

Of current U.S. currency, the 50 dollar bill is the only one which exhibits no connection between the subject on the front and the back.  Assuming we keep the U.S. Capitol on the back, then logically someone heavily associated with the place should be on the front, of which Henry Clay would be the best choice in my opinion.

[Dancing with Myself]

Why do you need people on the bills anyway?

Buildings looks just fine as well.

(Note: I don't support the Euro... I just think they look very beautiful)

Ugh.  Imaginary buildings.

Here's what I would put on U.S. currency and coins if I could dictate such things.

Currency
$500: James Madison / Christy's Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
$200: John Marshall / Supreme Court courtroom
$100: Benjamin Franklin / Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (formerly on the back of the $2 bill)
$50: Henry Clay / U.S. Capitol
$20: John Adams / White House
$10: Alexander Hamilton / Trumbull's Washington Resigning his Commission
$5: Abraham Lincoln / Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech at the Lincoln memorial

Coin ($2 to $¼ to have a bald eagle on the reverse)
$2: [bimetalic ring] Old Faithful
$1: Statue of Liberty (current reverse of the $1 presidential dollar series)
$½: [new 4.05g coin of the same composition as the $1] Golden Gate Bridge
$¼: George Washington
dime: Ring of thirteen stars / Liberty Bell
nickel: [same size, but nickel-plated steel] Indian Head / Buffalo

I agree that John Adams should be one.