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.

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Penny

[itamblyn]

We got rid of the penny here in Canada. It was no big deal. I've hardly noticed the difference.

Re: Penny

[drinkypoo]

You could also take the opinion that the concept of a firearm today is something the signatories to the second amendment could hardly imagine - in 1791,

...cannon were privately owned. And you're bitching about magazine lengths. The breech-loading rifle was the assault weapon of its day. It let you fire faster than the next guy, and nobody was talking about banning it.

The world has changed, why cant people accept that these laws need looking at again?

Because they don't. Those laws are working perfectly. It's the laws that keep people in poverty and which stigmatize mental health issues (by taking away rights) that are broken. People don't kill people because they are happy.