Reagan to replace Hamilton on $10 bill?

[eriqesque]

Originally posted by: namike
But where are we going to put Clinton?

He already got his pieco of history
He was Impeached
Doesn't happen often so he made a name for himself.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: eriqesque

Originally posted by: namike
But where are we going to put Clinton?

He already got his pieco of history
He was Impeached
Doesn't happen often so he made a name for himself.

He was impeached? Hmm...that's news to me.

I remember Clinton being acquitted.

 

[digitalsm]

Personally I think mintage should change periodically as it use to. Or they should make the $1 coin a tribute to presidents and do something like the state quarters, mint a new coin every quarter, for 10 years. If they did that the $1 coin might be used and collected more.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: alchemize

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Please go easy on me despite what conjur says.

REPOST! Muwahahaahah

You almost had me until I clicked that link.

Is this how newbies get treated?

Where's the :heart:

 

[PatboyX]

why bother?

but i do like how the "proposed pictures" seem to throw the traditional style of the portraits out the window and just decided to take any one photo of him, make it green and photochop it on top of a 10 dollar bill.

i feel like the debate and work that would surround this would be a waste of americas time and money. especially right now.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: eriqesque

Originally posted by: namike
But where are we going to put Clinton?

He already got his pieco of history
He was Impeached
Doesn't happen often so he made a name for himself.

He was impeached? Hmm...that's news to me.

I remember Clinton being acquitted.

News.


Anyway I don't think the $10 bill or the dime are good picks. I'm sure something will be done in honor of him though.

CkG

 

[TechJunkie95242]

Originally posted by: Infohawk
I think Reagan was a bad president and I don't think he deserves to be on a bill (I never bought that he single-handedly brought down the Soviets). I also don't think presidents should be the only ones to be on bills.

Ummm......

100 dollar bill?

I think if they have Benjamin Franklin's face on a bill they should shove the Reagan idea into the crapper and consider giving it to Thomas Edison; arguably the greatest inventor of all time.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: eriqesque

Originally posted by: namike
But where are we going to put Clinton?

He already got his pieco of history
He was Impeached
Doesn't happen often so he made a name for himself.

He was impeached? Hmm...that's news to me.

I remember Clinton being acquitted.

News.


Anyway I don't think the $10 bill or the dime are good picks. I'm sure something will be done in honor of him though.

CkG

Ummm...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/jan-june99/hyde_2-12.htm

Following the final vote of the Senate to acquit the president

 

[TechJunkie95242]

Clinton was never impeached......

They tried to impeach him but did not succeed...Geez I thought everyone knew that, he got off on a technicality that it was a "legal lie"

 

[0roo0roo]

a reagan credit card would be appropriate.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: TechJunkie95242
Clinton was never impeached......

They tried to impeach him but did not succeed...Geez I thought everyone knew that, he got off on a technicality that it was a "legal lie"

Impeachment requires a majority vote of the House

House votes on the 4 articles of Impeachment.

Sorry for extending this, but some people here are spreading misinformation.

CkG

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: eriqesque

Originally posted by: namike
But where are we going to put Clinton?

He already got his pieco of history
He was Impeached
Doesn't happen often so he made a name for himself.

He was impeached? Hmm...that's news to me.

I remember Clinton being acquitted.

News.


Anyway I don't think the $10 bill or the dime are good picks. I'm sure something will be done in honor of him though.

CkG

Ummm...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/jan-june99/hyde_2-12.htm

Following the final vote of the Senate to acquit the president

Impeachment requires a majority vote of the House

House votes on the 4 articles of Impeachment.

Sorry for extending this, but some people here are spreading misinformation.

CkG

 

[SilentZero]

That will not happen.

 

[Skitzer]

I vote for John Wayne on the $10 bill

 

[Red Dawn]

How about a wooden nickel?

 

[BDawg]

Why not put Reagan on the $1 Trillion debt note?

 

[CaptnKirk]

Realistically -

There is already a precedant set for recent history presidents on money - on coins.

Eisenhower was on a Dollar coin minted in the 60's/70's
Kennedy on the 1/2 Dollar.

Since we have just recently attempted the Dollar coin again with Sachagawea
as a tribute to Native American History, that one is out.

So . . . leave the $ 10 bill and the Dime alone.

Washington is on both the One Dollar and the Quarter.

Leave Washington on the Dollar (It looks like Barbara Bush - doesn't it ?)

Give the Quarter to Reagan, he does deserve a commerative place in history.
(No snide remarks about being a Two-Bit Actor, though)

 

[cumhail]

Originally posted by: TechJunkie95242
Clinton was never impeached......

They tried to impeach him but did not succeed...Geez I thought everyone knew that, he got off on a technicality that it was a "legal lie"

Impeachment is the process of being formally charged and indicted. Before you can be removed from office, as a result of a conviction, the Senate has to vote on the articles of impeachment, giving them the right to even try you for your alleged "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." So thing of "impeachment" as the indictment, not the conviction.

To date, no US President has been convicted in an impeachment trial and removed from office. But you should nonetheless remember learning in school that Andrew Johnson was the first to be impeached. He, like Clinton, was ultimately acquitted of his crimes. But both men will go down in history as having been "impeached."

cumhail

P.S. The third President people think of, btw, is Richard M. Nixon; but he resigned before he could be impeached, and his Vice President pardoned him shortly afterwards.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: TechJunkie95242

Originally posted by: Infohawk
I think Reagan was a bad president and I don't think he deserves to be on a bill (I never bought that he single-handedly brought down the Soviets). I also don't think presidents should be the only ones to be on bills.

Ummm......

100 dollar bill?

I think if they have Benjamin Franklin's face on a bill they should shove the Reagan idea into the crapper and consider giving it to Thomas Edison; arguably the greatest inventor of all time.

i vote for bill murray!
that dude is funny!

but really, i think if we start changing bills it will lead to a number of pointlessly long debates and changes that really mean very little.
a coin is more understandable...but at this point, its almost a dishonor to be slapped on a coin...those things never end up being used.

 

[geecee]

Why not issue dollar coins/bills with different presidents/historical figures? After all, we have 50 different state quarters. Granted GW's face is on the front of ALL of them though.

EDIT: spelling

 

[gistech1978]

lets put reagan on every piece of currency we have!
lets rename the Mississippi River the Mississippi Reagan.
All schools named after James Garfield will be come Ronald Reagans.
Hell, while were at it, the United States of REAGAN!!!

 

[Kenazo]

Why doesn't the US just print and stamp every piece of money with a pic of the current president, this would remove any problems associated with trying to figure out if a president was good enough to deserve a piece of money with them on it. There are many other ways to immortalize the founding fathers than to smack them on the money.

Or even if all the coins minted during a current president's "reign" had his head on the back would work. Leave the true legends on the bills. It would also be much easier to figure out how old a coin is. This is similar to what we do in Canada. The queen is on all of coins, and famous prime ministers are on the bills.

 

[oreagan]

Reagan was not the best President in the past few decades. His deceit in the Iran-Contra scandal was FAR, FAR worse than Clinton's lie about his personal life, I don't think anyone on either side of the political spectrum can deny that. He negotiated with terrorists in a hostage situation, got screwed over on that, and used funds left resulting from it to fund a very explicitely illegal operation. Congress had already passed multiple resolutions by that point clearly saying 'no more money for the Contras.' I'm not claiming that Clinton was a better President, I'm just saying that Reagan did some Seriously Bad Mojo while in office as well as his good.

Also, on a more opinionated note, I take issue with the idea of Reagan displacing Hamilton. Their contributions to America just are not comperable. FDR brought America into a war she started off abhorring and ended celebrating as the one true "good war" of the twentieth century. Reagan took office with the Cold War long advanced and while I believe he certainly sped up the Soviet Union's demise, he is far from solely responsible.

 

[AnImuS]

albert einstein needs to be on a bill.

 

[MadRat]

Reagan, God bless him, doesn't quite deserve to be on a bill yet.

If any changes then retire the $20 and make small bills only in $1, $5, $10, $25, $50 and $100 denominations. The $1's and $25's could be the most common, with the $5's and $10's next most common, followed by the $50's and $100's least common. This would realign the bills with the coinage, excluding the official gold coins. We don't need the $2 and $3 bills any more than we need $20's and $1000's...