Rollin' in the Nixons

This just makes me laugh. Seriously? You really want to take President Ulysses S. Grant off the $50 bill to make way for President Reagan? Civil War hero vs. California movie star. Hmmm. Not that Reagan did anything bad, I think he was a fine president, but really? And you're seriously going to put this bill up for debate? Doesn't Congress have better things to do, like investigate steroid use in pro baseball? Thanks Rep. McHenry, but I don't think it's that necessary.



But whatever, that doesn't matter. We're going to keep cash and coin around. But that doesn't mean we need to change them to honor presidents who were alive just a few years ago. The faces on our bills are tradition at this point. the one has Washington; the five, Lincoln; the ten, Hamilton; and the most famous of all, the $100 has Benjamin Franklin! How does it sound to be rollin' in the Nixons? It just doesn't work for me.

Why don't we just cut Teddy Roosevelt off of Mount Rushmore to make room for LBJ? Shouldn't every President get a turn at glory? No, because Mount Rushmore would be defaced if we did that. In much the same way, I believe changing the face on any of our currencies would deface the money.

Find other ways to honor presidents, and quit bringing dumb bills to Congress.