It costs more to make a penny than a penny is worth. Do you think the Treasury should stop minting pennies?
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kybear
ANSWERS: 7
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Absolutely. Save time (counting them out in change), materials, and money. This has worked quite well in other countries.
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I would only agree to this, if the petroleum industry would take the .9(point nine)off the price of a gallon of gasoline. $2.49.9 a gallon. We'll need the penny to pay for that 9 tenths of a cent.
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Yes. What do we use it for anymore? Scratching Lottery tickets? And clogging wishing wells?
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Yes. All transactions could be rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 (cents). Pennies are a waste these days. I see people throwing them in the trash all the time.
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We're getting to that point with $1 bills, too.
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Yes. Too many people throw pennies away now anyway.
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yes, we should recycle what pennies we have.
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