Knowing how democrats pre-compromised on health care, I think they would propose Teddy Roosevelt first and after all was said and done, we would end up putting William Henry Harrison in.
Have you considered your great artists or scientists? Reagan was an actor, true, but not a very good one. How about sticking Richard Feynman on some money?
We should put Mao Zedong on it before we don’t have any choice.
From the OP:
Other countries do this, so we should – I’ve got a French bill with Pierre de Fermat on it. We’ve got plenty of folks to choose from.
We can put Immanuel Velikovsky on one and really freak everyone out.
Shatner
(Sackie wasn’t a US citizen either)
Well, consider me chastized. Three monitors across two benches mean I skim some things.
England put Darwin on one of their bills. Too bad he’s not American, because putting him on currency would upset the creationists and I like that.
Was von Daniken American? He’s equally suitable as a nut, and at least as sane a choice as Reagan.
Do that and I’ll immigrate to the States.
We could redo currency faces from scratch, and put a different Kennedy on each. God knows there have been enough of them. The United States of Kennedy.
Whoever is put on it, the most important thing would be to add some vibrant color. I hate having to read every bill before I give it to a clerk to make sure it is a $1 and not a $10.
And don’t give me “the new bills have color”. If you can’t tell which bill is which from a very casual glance it doesn’t count.
Sure, color would be nice.
What would be nicer, in the sense of “compliant with federal law,” would be to make the bills in different sizes, so the blind and low-vision community could more easily manage money.
Martin Luther King.
Actually, it might be amusing for the Dems to offer the Pubs a deal to put Ronnie on the 50 if they also agree to put MLK on the 20. There’s no way and hell those southern Pubs would ever be willing to put a black man on money (their constituents would go no nuts. They already think they’re in some kind of racial cold war. Putting MLK on money would make thm insane), but it wouild be entertaining towatch them twist and squirm to explain why MLK is a less worthy historical figure than Ronnie Raygun.
Barack Obama.
What?
Considering that being dead is a requirement, I’d be good with GWB and Dick Cheney in a dual portrait, as long as they do it this year. 
Seriously, though, if Reagan is ever put on a piece of currency, I will refuse to ever have one in my possession. Not that I carry fifties around all that often.
Not all that long ago. My in-laws tend to give cash gifts (it’s traditional in Chinese culture), and sometimes it’s a 50.
That’s awfully magnanimous of you, but why do you assume we want you here?
I think a better compromise would be to put Ronnie in blackface on the 20. Everyone is happy and racism finally dies a quiet death.
What’s to argue about? Everyone knows Reagan was a HUGE ASS.
South Africa has the Big Five Game on our notes - the obvious disadvantage being you have nowhere to go after that…
They tried to put Teddy Roosevelt on a bill, but it just ended up punching them in the face and immolating itself.
When did Teddy set himself aflame?
I can see it blocking a bullet and *still *buying a round for the house, though.