Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1102010, member: 68&quot;]This is essentially correct but you also have to factor in the value of the time of the people waiting in line for the cashier to count the coins.&nbsp; Then there is the cost to the store of lugging around boxes of pennies and keeping the cash registers supplied with them.&nbsp; These things make a one way trip from the register to peoples&#039; change jars so the store has to have a steady supply meaning the Brinks truck has to haul all this extra weight.&nbsp; Then people haul their pennies into the banks in coffeee cans and wait from the teller to count them. Most banks ship these straight back to Brinks to be recounted and reboxed for use by the stores.&nbsp; More weight and more work is required for them to complete the round trip.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Every time a penny is used we&#039;re all a little poorer.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And if this weren&#039;t bad enough by itself the existence of the penny fills up the cash registers and is one of the largest obstacles to the circulation of the dollar coin.&nbsp; If we had a dollar coin people would get in the habit of using coins again and this would significantly cut back on the spread of disease because paper is one of the worst vectors for disease. </p><p><br /></p><p>The next time you get the flu everyone should ask themselves if the waste of pennies is such a good idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in