Are we done with the pennies yet?

[CrazyEyez]

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Here is a link to a CNN article about the debate over eliminating the penny.

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Americans for Common Cents supports the idea that a rounding system would force prices up.

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Pennies are made of 97.5 percent zinc

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the zinc industry funds Americans for Common Cents.


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So we still have pennies thanks to special interest groups. Unbelievale.

P.S. Move this thread to Politics.

[JonPKibble]

These are some good points. Pennies are pretty useless.

Dimes are superfluous. Need ten cents? Use two nickels. This is kind of like having both $5 and $10 value p*ker chips.

Nickels & Quarters are the only coins we need!

[MrMon]

Pennies are not worthless. You's be amazed what you can get a 3 or 4-year-old to do for a penny.

Stop crying, I'll give you a penny. Okay!

If you go potty, I'll give you a penny. Okay!

Eats your peas and you'll get a penny. Okay!

Best deal ever.

[GuyOnTilt]

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This is kind of like having both $5 and $10 value p*ker chips.

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lol

GoT

[tdarko]

i just cashed over $600 bucks in pennies at the grocery store in that change machine thing a few days ago. i must have looked like an idiot (i didn't give a [censored] though) spending an hour dumping thousands of pennies in a big green box.

[Vavavoom]

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Pennies are not worthless. You's be amazed what you can get a 3 or 4-year-old to do for a penny.

Stop crying, I'll give you a penny. Okay!

If you go potty, I'll give you a penny. Okay!

Eats your peas and you'll get a penny. Okay!

Best deal ever.

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I'm sure these scenarios must have happened to OP...

[ilya]

Sully has the perfect avatar for this post.

When I get pennies I just leave them near where I received them. Homeless people follow me around.