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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 7574949, member: 15588&quot;]Removing congressional control of the US Mint would go a long way towards solving this issue (similar to Canada), but that likely won&#039;t happen anytime soon. Congress needs to eliminate the cent and it doesn&#039;t (understandably) seem to have been much of a priority over other legislation.</p><p><br /></p><p>This page &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_debate_in_the_United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_debate_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">Penny Debate in the United States</a>&quot; lists some of the legislation put forward, some lobbyists (such as zinc and &quot;<a href="http://www.retirethepenny.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.retirethepenny.org/" rel="nofollow">Citizens to Retire the Penny</a>&quot;) for and against and some of the arguments on both sides. It&#039;s likely not exhaustive.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, despite the arguments, Congress needs to issue legislation to eliminate the cent. Noting else will do it. But I don&#039;t ever see this becoming an election issue for any politician.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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