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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 341557, member: 4626&quot;]Well it&#039;s the legislative branch that gets to decide that, not the executive.&nbsp; To be honest I can&#039;t disagree with him... if the penny is not eliminated it should at least made made of cheaper metal.&nbsp; Hmm, maybe time to reconsider the aluminum cent?</p><p><br /></p><p>Congress will be too busy contemplating the upcomnig election to make any major changes this legislative cycle, so any change if it happens at all is at least a year off.&nbsp; 2009 is already spoken for of course, so it would be at least 2010 before the penny is either eliminated or made of cheaper metal.&nbsp; I think Paulson is right in his estimation that it&#039;s not likely to be &quot;politically doable.&quot;&nbsp; Not any time soon anyway.&nbsp; I&#039;ve mentioned before the main reason it would be hard to make any change is that those who have interest in keeping the penny around have more motivation and concentrated political influence than those who would like to see it eliminated... same story for the one dollar bill.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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