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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1912527, member: 15929&quot;]Many folks felt this way about seat belts, recycling, and quitting smoking but changes have finally been accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes it takes forever but things can and often do change.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the dollar coin? Unfortunately, as long as people actually believe that the US Public &quot;needs&quot; to accept the coin before the paper dollar can get eliminated, then Congress will NEVER eliminate it. Even on the brink of Bankruptcy, that worthless paper buck will be around because, we wouldn&#039;t want to disappoint the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for the truth of the matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Multiple versions of the exact same currencies have NEVER been able to co-exist within an economy. NEVER. To even consider that they could is just foolish.</p><p><br /></p><p>The public, which is you and me and The Smith Family up the road. which goes to the store and hands over our $20 bills (the most &quot;used&quot; bill) don&#039;t really care what we receive in change as long as two factors are present:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The change is correct</p><p>2. The change can be spent</p><p><br /></p><p>The general population doesn&#039;t care. It&#039;s the &quot;merchants&quot; and &quot;banks&quot; that care since they would need to change their policies, pick up a few more &quot;FULLY DEDUCTIBLE OVERHEAD CHARGES&quot; and then train the peons that manage the cash drawers to be able to identify a one dollar coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the Federal Government ceased authorizing the manufacturing of one dollar notes AND stepped up production of One Dollar Coins, the entire country could be converted in a years time. Tops.</p><p><br /></p><p>EVERYBODY would save money and coin collecting would soar to new heights.</p><p><br /></p><p>BUT, it&#039;s that little phase that causes everybody to stumble:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It has failed to be adopted by the majority of the population&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>News Flash: Income Tax failed to be adopted by the majority of the population but, its a law and everybody does it anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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