To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Cost-wise, I can understand eliminating the penny. But the dollar bill? From the article, it appears that those behind this move are in the copper industry, and have something to gain from switching to dollar coins.
To: All
Getting rid of the dollar bill and penny would save a lot of... expense.
The joys of inflation.
5 posted on
03/31/2017 8:32:23 PM PDT by
TheTimeOfMan
(A time for peace and a time for war)
To: FreedomOfExpression
Dollar coins have a much longer lifespan than paper bills. That’s where the savings would occur.
6 posted on
03/31/2017 8:36:09 PM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: FreedomOfExpression
Dollar coin = silver-copper-silver sandwich, like dime and quarter.
10 posted on
03/31/2017 8:43:53 PM PDT by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(April 2006 Message from Dan: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
To: FreedomOfExpression
John McCain, Arizona. Arizona big copper mining state, I believe.
34 posted on
03/31/2017 10:49:21 PM PDT by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them.)
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