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Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: It may be time for the United States to rethink how the smallest parts of its monetary system — the penny, nickel and dime – are made. According to a report this week from watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office, since 2006 the prices of metals used in coins have risen so much that the total production unit costs of the penny and nickel exceed their face value resulting in financial losses to the U.S. Mint.
That's because all those Canadian pennies are circulating here in the U.S.
The US is a leader, not a follower, therefore it won't get rid of the penny like Canada did in 2013, no matter how good the idea is.
seriously are you retarded? your argument for not doing it is that it would be doing something other sane countries have already done?
Slippery slope my friend. Lots of other sane countries have universal healthcare and gun control ...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Sorry... rational solutions to problems isn't our thing in the USA. I mean... first we'd stop making and circulating the penny, then we'd legalize medical marijuana, switch to the metric system, and finally embrace universal healthcare. That's just crazy talk!
Did you know that because Reagan cut federal funding of the insane asylums, there is a chance that Donald Trump might actually win enough votes to become President of the United States?
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Strippers do. Trust me, never try to "make it rain" with dollar coins.
The militia, in 1770's was every able bodied men in a set age range (i've heard various, although 16 to 56 comes up most of the time), who were trained in drill and combat by the standards set by congress (that's the well regulated part), with officers appointed by the states. What it wasn't was a bunch of drunk, fat, inbred rednecks playing dress up in camouflage so they could run around with their hands on their dicks playing soldier in the woods because they to big of fucking cowardly pussies to actually enlist and serve this country.
Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's
Give it time. It's only Tuesday.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Wasn't money invented as a proxy to bartering anyway? We could return to fixing a computer problem for a bottle of whiskey or three chickens. The problem with bartering is finding a common, equitable thing to barter with. We could use bits of gold, or silver .. oh, wait ..