Saturday’s New York Times featured this piece headlined “Battle of $50 Bill Splitting Republican Ranks.”
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It is a battle that is pitting Republican against Republican.
Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina wants President Ronald Reagan’s likeness to replace that of President Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 bill.
But the bill introduced by Mr. McHenry and 17 co-sponsors, the majority from Southern states, has run into a hornets’ nest of opposition from Ohio lawmakers who will not stand still for any slight to their home-state hero.
Rep. McHenry (R-There You Go Again) provided this rationale to the Times:
“Every generation needs its own heroes,” he said. “One decade into the 21st century, it’s time to honor the last great president of the 20th and give President Reagan a place beside Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy.” Franklin D. Roosevelt’s image is on the dime, and John F. Kennedy’s is on the half-dollar.
Maybe the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider can help.
Our modest proposal:
Put Ronald Reagan on a new $3 bill.
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Wasn’t Jimmy Carter slated for the $3 bill?
Maybe each President should get his own dollar bill. Reagan could be on the $4o. Clinton on the $42; Obama on the $44.
No problems until you get to the $50, but Congress could finesse that issue by claiming money is a budget issue and avoid a filibuster by using reconciliation.