Death to the penny!

I know that there have been many a thread before this one, and there will be many after, on the subject of removing the one cent coin. However, i just wanted to share this very neat little video i saw about the cent.
So grab you popcorn, pull up a seat, and enjoy!

 

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We need pennies to show future generations that we are wasteful and have no common sense whatsoever. Pennies are the symbol of the entire country having jumped the shark.

How are children supposed to learn anything with no pennies?

 

Without pennies, kids will just have to use nickels and learn 5 times as much in each lesson.

 

Why kids are so fat -- they won't bend over to pick up a penny. Even quarters are doubtful. Does anything at McDonald's still cost a quarter? Maybe an extra ketchup?

 

So, if everyone bent over to pick up every penny they see, the obesity problem in this country would be solved?

 

Absolutamente! But in the interests of social justice, the gov must also hire thin people to throw pennies on the ground, otherwise the program is not sustainable.

The program has not been implemented yet, according to the big thinkers in Washington, because as soon as the picker-uppers have enough pennies, they buy a burger and a Coke. This is, umm, change you can believe in .

 

why do you hate British coins?

why?

 

Do you mean because we call "cents" pennies? This country started with pennies, and the term has persisted over two centuries, even in small-town America. I'll bet that if you stopped folks coming out of a Wal-mart, showed them a Lincoln, and asked them
what it was, the vast majority would say "a penny."

Benjamin Franklin did not say, "a cent saved is a cent earned..."

 

the cent should be an NIFC. the mint could sell them for $1 per roll and actually make $0.002 on each one. they would eventually disappear from circulation, but collectors will still be able to get current year coins, and they would still be included in mint and proof sets.

 

I'm having the toughest time trying to put my British pennies in these darn American wrappers.

 

THAT, would be a great idea.

 

We definitely should keep pennies and nickels. Hey, maybe we should bring back the 1/2 penny too!

 

lincolns are boring. They have been around for over a century. Large cents is where its at

 

You're right, he didn't, but he didn't actually say "a penny saved is a penny earned" either.

 

The correct quote seems to be "A penny saved is twopence dear," from Poor Richard's Almanack. But hardly anyone today would know what that means. Credit his ghostwriter for an intelligible version.

 

Lincoln's boring. I like boring

 

And this Lincoln is Doubled Die Boring . Nice one .

 

Excellent points in the video.

Try buying 1 thing with only 1 common Lincoln Cent.

Just 1.

 

You can buy a different Lincoln cent with it from the bank.

 

Yes sir, looks like that's shows that we should keep the penny, case closed, we are keeping the penny till it can buy NOTHING not even another penny.....