Ronald Reagan is considered by some to be one of the greatest USA presidents ever; he is considered by others to have caused great harm to the USA and the Republican Party. In 2010, there was a proposal in Congress to replace US Grant on the $50 bill with Reagan.
a. Where do you stand...did Ronald Reagan help the USA so much that he deserves to be on the $50 bill, or did he harm the country so irreparably that he does not deserve to be on the $50 bill? Explain.
b. Provide ONE specific factual statistic to support your answer to (a).
c. Include the proper citation (web address is okay) of the source of your statistic in (a).
d. MAKE SURE YOUR STATISTIC is UNIQUE...NO TWO STUDENTS MAY HAVE THE SAME STAT...FIRST IN WINS!
e. Most Importantly . . . put your first name, last initial, and class period on your comment so you get credit!
12 comments:
a) Ronald Reagan, in no way shape or form deserves to be on the $50 bill, $20 bill, or even a penny. His voodoo-economic policies widened the gap between the rich and the poor, making the rich richer and the poor poorer. He did major harm to this country that has still yet to be reversed.
b) It was predicted that due to Reaganomics, 20% of American households would gain more than the other 80% combined due to government intervention.
c) http://www.deseretnews.com/article/113803/GAP-BETWEEN-RICH-AND-POOR-GREW-IN-1980S-REPORT-SAYS.html
a) I believe that Reagan absolutely deserves to be on the $50 bill, because he was a great president who presided over 8 consecutive years of peace and whose policies resulted in the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. He also slowed the growth of federal power, which has been growing since the progressive of the late 1800s.
b) Between 1981 and 1989, the US GDP increased by $9,282.5 billion.
c) http://www.economywatch.com/economic-statistics/year/1980/
A.) I absolutely believe Reagan should be on the $50 bill. He was the greatest Republican president of all time. He spent a lot of money on the military which I agree with and lowered taxes significantly which I agree with. He was a very American, optimistic, right-minded president who was trustable.
B.) Reagan implemented deregulation, which "saved consumers an estimated $100 billion per year in lower prices. Reagan’s first executive order, in fact, eliminated price controls on oil and natural gas. Production soared, and aided by a strong dollar the price of oil declined by more than 50%."
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2011/05/05/reaganomics-vs-obamanomics-facts-and-figures/
a) I don't think that Ronald Reagan deserves to replace Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 bill. During his 1980 campaign for presidency he said he would balance the federal budget, which he never ended up doing. I don't believe that Reagan handled the economy well enough to be immortalized on the 50 dollar bill.
b) The federal debt was $994 billion in 1981 and $2.9 trillion in 1989.
c)http://reagan.procon.org/
a) I don't think that Ronald Reagan deserves to be on the 50 dollar bill. He doesn't seem like a terrible president to me, but neither does he seem a great one. He was reckless with the arms race in the Cold War, pushing it to limits that he should have left alone. He was too blase about it.
b)During a microphone test in 1984, being recorded, Ronald Reagan said "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." This brought on a bit of panic in the USSR and made things tense between us. The number of nuclear missiles in the world went from 15,000 in 1981 to 40,000 in 1986.
c)http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nuclear_arms_race.htm
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/129.html
a) I don't think that Ronald Reagan deserves to be on the 50 dollar bill. He doesn't seem like a terrible president to me, but neither does he seem a great one. He was reckless with the arms race in the Cold War, pushing it to limits that he should have left alone. He was too blase about it.
b)During a microphone test in 1984, being recorded, Ronald Reagan said "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." This brought on a bit of panic in the USSR and made things tense between us. The number of nuclear missiles in the world went from 15,000 in 1981 to 40,000 in 1986.
c)http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nuclear_arms_race.htm
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/129.html
A)I believe that Reagan deserves to be on the $50 bill! Reagan restored hope in America. He won the U.S the cold war. He lowered taxes, created incentives for Americans to work. While campaigning for governor of California one of his themes was to get the welfare bums back to work. Amen/Praise Allah!
B) “He fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored his order to return to work”. The air traffic controllers had shut the country down and he fixed the problem by busting the Union.
C)http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id296.htm
In my opinion, Ulysses S. Grant deserves to remain on the 50 dollar bill. He certainly had some feats in his presidency, but he did not accomplish what Grant did in the post-Civil War era. Ronald Reagan's economic system failed for the United States. The public debt rose from $712 billion in 1980 to $2,052 billion in 1988. He spent too much and did not accomplish what he set out to do with the economy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics
A. Ronald Reagan does not deserve to be on the $50 bill because of the likelihood of him being a part of the Iran Contra controversy. He went against Congress’s decision and the president should not be “breaking laws”.
B. The U.S. took millions of dollars from the weapons sale and routed them and guns to the right-wing "Contra"² guerrillas in Nicaragua and 1,000 TOW missiles were shipped to Iran. This was done by National Security which the president is in charge of.
C.http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1889.html
A. I believe that Reagan is not deserving of a place on the fifty dollar bill, but is more so deserving than Grant was, due to his better contributions to society than Grant.
B. For Instance, Grant cannot be credited for ending a long war, as could Reagan. Reagan's Star Wars plan of SDI successfully scared the Soviets into backing down from trying to compete with the U.S., showing that the U.S. was the new superpower of the world, a feat that Grant cannot come close to claiming. Also, Reagans approval rating went up 5 percent from when he ran for office originally, showing that he was good enough for the American People to want him around.
C. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan
A. I believe that Reagan is completely and utterly deserving of such an honor. He skillfully handled the Soviet situation through his negotiations (i.e. SDI) while also returning the the United States back to a level of prestige that Grant failed to.
B. Public sentiment agrees with my argument as the Wall Street Journal issued a survey which found that Reagan seriously outranks Grant on the popularity scale (6th vs. 29th)
C. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ronald-reagan-50-dollar-bill-republican-congressmans-bill/story?id=10003010#.T6RTy5iz7zI
A)I believe Ronald Reagan deserves to be put on the $50 bill because he is undoubtedly a much better president than Grant ever was. No matter how bad you think Reagan's screw ups were, he will always be a better president than Grant, and that is the only thing that should matter. Reagan was instrumental in ending the Cold War among other things, while Grant was famous for not being a great president (similar to Carter perhaps). In fact, many historians label Grant's presidency as the worst in history. No matter what political party you are and if you have a decent knowledge of history, it should be quite clear who the better president was. Despite this, I think if it were ever to happen, we should wait at least 50 years after his death.
B) Under Grant's presidency, corruption flourished, as well as Jim Crow laws and a deep depression. This could all be forgiven, however, if he even attempted to combat any of these problems.
C)http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080519170647AA6WHbK
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