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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lawdogct, post: 296842, member: 1476&quot;]I don&#039;t know much about the grassroots methodologies on this, but the US govt, just makes more laws to make it increasingly illegal to do anything that would make a profit based on the metal content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Case in point:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=yes&amp;action=press_release&amp;ID=724" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=yes&amp;action=press_release&amp;ID=724" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=yes&amp;action=press_release&amp;ID=724</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Why would the govt bother, as their aren&#039;t too many people running around collecting and melting down&nbsp; their nickels and pennies?&nbsp; The following ABC link had two good points</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2725597&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2725597&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2725597&amp;page=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Prevent US currency from being shipped as metal scrap to countries such as China.</p><p>2.&nbsp; &quot;...if just 1 percent of all the nickels and pennies that are in circulation were melted down, taxpayers would have to foot a $43 million bill.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>$43 mil might not be much in the grand scheme of govt budgets, but its more than I care to pony up for....my taxes are high enough already <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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