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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 341917, member: 3011&quot;]The purpose of taxes is to redistribute income, not pay for government operating expenses.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the cent is eliminated, everything will round up to the next nearest nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s amazing that so many people believe that if coinage has value, that is somehow a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is irrelevant in the long run whether the government pays for things through taxes or debt; both are an equivalent reduction in purchasing power, but people will fight to the death in the mistaken belief that it makes a difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>The government may be reluctant to eliminate the cent since it is an admission that the inflation they claim not to exist is in fact out of control.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess that about covers it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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