CNN.com – Dime debate pits Reagan against FDR – Dec. 5, 2003
Congressional Republicans are pushing a bill to honor former President Reagan by putting his profile on the dime.
Here’s a way out of this that everyone should agree on: put Reagan’s likeness on the 1000 dollar bill. That way, the only people who are likely to see it are those who benefited financially from his regime, and the rest of us can continue to honor a president who actually worked for everyone.
Credit for the idea to my young wife (though the blame for the astringent phrasing is all mine).
To her credit, Nancy Reagan is against this, and perhaps her husband’s lapdogs will take the hint and do something constructive with their time.
As it turns out, this bill needs to be redesigned anyway: the reverse shows the pre-9/11 Manhattan skyline. (Or does it? A closer look six months later has me wondering: I think I may have misspoken, since it looks like the Empire State Building is the tallest tower.)
