The Reagan Dime?

GOP wants to kick FDR off the dime

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A group of Republican congressmen is campaigning to replace Franklin Delano Roosevelt's image on the dime with that of Ronald Reagan.

The Los Angeles Daily News said Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., introduced the legislation to replace the Democratic architect of the New Deal from all future 10-cent coins.

About 80 lawmakers, all Republicans, have signed as co-sponsors of the Ronald Reagan Dime Act.

But the News said Republicans, perhaps anticipating a strong Democratic reaction, say they would be willing to share the dime. Souder said he'd be open to the idea of rotating images of both Roosevelt and Reagan on the coin.

If it chooses to do so, the U.S. Mint could put Reagan on a coin within months of his death. Reagan is 92 and suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

The FDR dime was issued in 1946, shortly after his death, to commemorate Roosevelt's support of the March of Dimes.

According to Souder aides, it could cost as much as $80,000 to redesign the dime with Reagan's image, Souder argues his plan is fiscally responsible because collectors would gobble up the new coins.

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Regardless of what your opinion of Ronald Reagan is, I think this is just plain wrong. The dime is the only piece of US currency to bear the likeness of FDR, and as the founder of the March of Dimes, he has a unique connection to it.

The who did what now?

The Who did the rock opera Tommy. Check the music board

they've already got their airport...

Behold: The Reagan Dime



[Edited on Dec 03, 2003 by Reagan]

i think if they make a reagan coin it should be a 33 & 1/3 cent coin.

Roosevelt took this country further forward than any other president.
Reagan took it backwards, destroying much of the good work of those before him. He's not fit to be on toilet paper.

ya please the last thing I want is a reminder of that fucking guy every time I give or recieve change. Not to mention that 80,000 dollar figure is total fucking bullshit there is no way in hell it would be that cheap. Were talking multimillion at the very least. Of course that's just a drop in the ocean of fiscal irresponsibility anyway.

What a stupid idea. FDR deserves it way more than Reagan, for many reasons already stated.

I think Reagan should get to be on a coin for three reasons:
-Reagan likes Jelly Beans, so do I. I'm unsure of FDR's feeling towards Jelly Beans.
-FDR couldn't walk and I'm a bigot towards cripples
-Teddy Roosevelt could beat the crap out of FDR, in fact, Teddy Roosevelt should be on all our money, where would we be without the Teddy bear?

Take a look at the legislation.

It reads like a freakin' fairy tale!


speechless

Give Reagan the 3 dollar bill.

yes!
a flaccid penis that fed our children ketchup instead of veggies!
beautiful!


i like our Reagan much better

Okay, if Reagan's head is to appear on the american dime should us canadian's replace the queen on our dime with Brian Mulroney's head stuck up Reagan's ass.
Ohhh, think of the possibilities with Mt. Rushmore.

NO

FUCKING

WAY

End of discussion.

Well, the fascist symbolism on the back would be much more appropriate

maybe we should worry more about the steady decline of the value of the dollar versus the euro...before we start minting new money.
$1.21 = 1 euro.

pathetic...

am I alone in not thinking that FDR was all that good for this country?

How so?

Fuck That. Fuck Reagan.

But how do you really feel?

I was never much of a fan of FDR, but Reagan? No Fucking way! The sad thing is at the time he was a better choice than Jimmy Carter...just goes to show how pathetic our political choices are.

a fews gems of wisdom from Ronald Reagan:


"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."

"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency — even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting."

"Well, I learned a lot....I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries"

"My fellow Americans. I'm pleased to announce that I've signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes." –joking during a mike check before his Saturday radio broadcast

"I don't know. I've never played a governor." –asked by a reporter in 1966 what kind of governor he would be

"Facts are stupid things." –at the 1988 Republican National Convention, attempting to quote John Adams, who said, "Facts are stubborn things"

"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."

"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."

"They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance."

"There is absolutely no circumstance whatever under which I would accept that spot. Even if they tied and gagged me, I would find a way to signal by wiggling my ears." –on possibly being offered the vice presidency in 1968

"You can tell a lot about a fella's character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful." –explaining why he liked to have a jar of jelly beans on hand for important meetings

"The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity." –responding to student protests on college campuses during his tenure as California governor

"Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources."

"Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."

"We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we're going to succeed."

"As a matter of fact, Nancy never had any interest in politics or anything else when we got married."

"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born."

"I'm afraid I can't use a mule. I have several hundred up on Capitol Hill." –refusing a gift of a mule

"What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice."

"How are you, Mr. Mayor? I'm glad to meet you. How are things in your city?" –greeting Samual Pierce, his secretary of Housing and Urban Development, during a White House reception for mayors

"My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" –introducing himself after delivering a prep school commencement address. The individual responded, "I'm your son, Mike," to which Reagan replied, "Oh, I didn't recognize you."

"Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, you coast for awhile, you have a hell of a closing."

"What does an actor know about politics?" –criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy

"What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who's played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?" -on Clint Eastwood's bid to become mayor of Carmel

"How can a president not be an actor?" -when asked "How could an actor become president?'

I think it's kinda ironic the want to replace the fellow who gave the Soviet Union half of Eurore ( A sickly Roosevelt at Yalta) with the guy who's policies were instrumental to the fall of the Soviet Union.