reagan bills

Conservatives want to put Ronnie on the $50 bill. What better way to celebrate a man who lies at the root of our current fiscal mess!

Patrick McHenry, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, made the proposal. He says his generation needs its own heroes and that it is time to honor President Reagan. McHenry is 34, a proud member of Generation X.

Reagan would bump Grant, the 18th President and a general in the civil war. Grant is a hero to the Union Army who led them to victory over the Confederates. It may be good to point out that that is something that does not sit well with the people South of the Mason-Dixon line. Grant like Reagan was hugely popular -in the North that is- and like Reagan his presidency was no great success. Oops, I forgot the conservatives do think Reagan was a success.

Reagan's leadership in the cold war and his economic policies and tax reductions -that we will pay for in decades to come- no doubt put him on par with Grant's accomplishments in McHenry's mind. Of course Reagan can be forgiven since he suffered from Alzheimer's disease. McHenry though has no such excuse.

Although anti-Reagan opinion focuses on Iran Contra and the failure to recognize the AIDS epidemic, Reagan's credit card economy is his real handiwork. Granted (sic) that economy made some people outrageously wealthy. So why not put their hero on the $1,000 bill instead? Or on some CDO's?