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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1025045, member: 26302"]Totally slanted article of course. However, one cent coins are a dinosaur that needs to be put down. Any time you have a coin incapable of buying the tiniest piece of anything means that inflation has destroyed the need for it. Unfortunately our incompetent, anemic government is incapable of doing anything for the publics benefit. </p><p><br /></p><p>Think about what a cent used to buy versus today. Heck, a dollar barely buys anything let alone a cent. The US just needs to have no 1 or 2 dollar bills, just coins for those, and redesign 25, ten, and 5 cent coins. This should have been done 30 years ago when the rest of the world did it, (look at Canada). The 5 cent coin can look like a one cent now, just a different denomination. The politicians have devalued our dollar, so they should be responsible enough to reform our coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, end of rant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1025045, member: 26302"]Totally slanted article of course. However, one cent coins are a dinosaur that needs to be put down. Any time you have a coin incapable of buying the tiniest piece of anything means that inflation has destroyed the need for it. Unfortunately our incompetent, anemic government is incapable of doing anything for the publics benefit. Think about what a cent used to buy versus today. Heck, a dollar barely buys anything let alone a cent. The US just needs to have no 1 or 2 dollar bills, just coins for those, and redesign 25, ten, and 5 cent coins. This should have been done 30 years ago when the rest of the world did it, (look at Canada). The 5 cent coin can look like a one cent now, just a different denomination. The politicians have devalued our dollar, so they should be responsible enough to reform our coinage. Sorry, end of rant. Chris[/QUOTE]
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