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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 8417, member: 824&quot;]<b>Loose the paper dollar!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>I am in favor of eliminating the dollar paper bill altogether! </b>&nbsp; It&#039;s average life is no more than 18 months whereas it cost US tax payers over <span style="color: red"><b>$500 million dollars a year </b> </span>&nbsp; just to issue this denomination. Not really a good return on this investment for such a short life-span.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until the mint drops the $1 paper and forces consumers to use the dollar coin, $1 coins will end up in drawers and collections like the Ike, SBA and now the Sacagawea.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the retailers that will balk...tough! Did you ever try to put an old dollar bill into a Coke machine (as you are dying of thirst) only to have it spit out at you? The <b><span style="color: yellow">SAC coins </span>&nbsp; </b> looked great and would work perfectly <b>IF</b> comsumers didn&#039;t have a choice. The American public is very conservative with their money and are reluctant to change. Hell, the US mint spend millions just trying to educate the public about changes of the $20 bill a couple of years ago...and still some people didn&#039;t get it!</p><p><br /></p><p>In Canada and Europe, they pretty much eliminated their paper $1 bills for coins and it works well.&nbsp; [<i>That is all they have done right over the last few years, so let&#039;s give credit where it is due</i>.] Think about it, how often to you have more than 5 one dollar bills on you? If you do, exchange them for a $5 Lincoln the next time you buy something.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never was crazy for SAC to be on this coin.&nbsp; After all, she was just a 15 year old guide with a new-born kid translating for Lewis and CLark.&nbsp; Sure she helped them in their mission, but to put her on a US $1 coin...I don&#039;t think so, but this is the day and age of political correctness.&nbsp; I am not crazy about putting <b>ALL</b> of the presidents on this coin.&nbsp; I would prefer to pick from our founding fathers and those that signed the Declaration of Independence.&nbsp; [<i>Oh, I forgot...some of them were slave holders like Washington and Jefferson, so they should be bansished too</i>!]&nbsp; Look up how much these founding fathers gave up as their signature was a sure hanging if they were caught by the British.&nbsp; Madison, Henry, Franklin, Adams, Hancock, etc....these were the ultimate patriots and founders of this country!</p><p><br /></p><p>While I am here...</p><p><br /></p><p>The next time somebody uses an Debit/Credit card or writes a check to buy a candy bar in the EXPRESS line while I am late for work, I&#039;m going to loose it. Here&#039;s a dollar coin, now get out of my way and pay for your freakin&#039; candy with real money.&nbsp; Why is it I always get stuck behind pennyless morans in the express line that write checks for less than $2.00!?! AGH!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The dollar coin would help these &quot;my-credit-card-is-maxed-out&quot; shoppers and keep the express line...well an EXPRESS LINE!</p><p><br /></p><p>Next topic...enforcing 10 items and less and paying with CASH ONLY.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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