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byPowercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
Is there really any reason we can't just make pennies out of plastic instead? Personally, I haven't used cash in ages anyway so I'm really neither here nor there on running out of pennies, but it seems like if the problem is just that they cost too much to manufacture, make them out of something cheaper.
byjenningsthecat ( 1525947 ) writes:
Is there really any reason we can't just make pennies out of plastic instead? Personally, I haven't used cash in ages anyway so I'm really neither here nor there on running out of pennies, but it seems like if the problem is just that they cost too much to manufacture, make them out of something cheaper.
I hate to agree with Trump on anything, but in this (rare) case I think he's right. Here in Canada we ditched the penny about a dozen years ago and it has not been missed.
Long before the Mint stopped making them they were considered to be mostly a nuisance, and huge numbers of them were squirreled away in drawers by people who didn't want their pockets weighing them down but couldn't be bothered with the effort of taking a hundred of them to the bank just to get a measly buck in return.
Ditch the penny - you'll be glad you did. Provided, of course, that there's any room for gladness after the next few months in your country play out. You have our sincere condolences, and we're rooting for the sane, sensible, non-psychopathic folks in the US to prevail.
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bydryeo ( 100693 ) writes:
The difference here was Parliament passed a law, might have been part of the budget, to stop minting the penny whereas this is a proclamation.
byjonadab ( 583620 ) writes:
I agree that we don't need to keep minting pennies, but I don't think we can use what works or doesn't work in Canada as a guide for US currency, especially when it comes to coins. Among other things, Americans considently dump $1 coins in drawers and don't circulate them; the treasury could stop minting them, and the only people who would notice, would be the people who get a new one every year and maintain a collection sorted by date. Whereas, if they stopped printing $1 bills, there would be torches an
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