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bygroobly ( 6155920 ) writes:
At the rate I use cash, it would take me about 10 years to end up with enough pennies for a roll to take to a bank. So, they can abolish the penny or not, I don't care, and neither should you.
bySique ( 173459 ) writes:
I usually spend all my pennies at the cashier machines. I throw all my coins into the machine before using any bills. Hence, I get the minimum of coins back as change.
byjonsmirl ( 114798 ) writes:
The US government refuses to acknowledge the inflation it creates. The dollar should be replaced with a 'new dollar' at a 10:1 ratio but the government will never do that because doing that forces them to acknowledge the inflation.
byzephvark ( 1812804 ) writes:
You appear to have no idea what you're talking about. The U.S. Government has a deliberately inflationary policy. No one else has ever managed to be confused about that.
Sure, cash has continuously lost value to inflation over centuries. The results can be dramatic. On the one hand, you can't get a new car for under $2,000 any more. On the other hand, you expect to be paid more than $20/week.
Your proposal for "newbucks" would instantly cut everyone's apparent income to a tenth of what it was. There would be
byserviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
Cent is the subdivision of the dollar. The one cent piece is often called a penny.
byrossdee ( 243626 ) writes:
"The one cent piece is often called a penny."
It must be a hangover from when US was still a colony of the UK.
Anyway the plural of penny is pence.
And they got rid of Pence because he followed the constitution instead of the Donald.
byserviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
Penny has two plurals depending on the meaning of penny.
Penny as the subdivision of pounds is pluralised to pence, penny the coin is pluralised to pennies.
I liked the not about Mike Pennies.
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