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<p>[QUOTE="jimmyrules712, post: 288494, member: 10367"]the 1 cent now is worth less then the 1/2 cent was work back in the 19th century, and when they dropped that and rounded everything to the 1 cent there weren't any big problems....</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that with each transaction you do the amouint you owe for something is already being rounded. You may actually owe $31.4689 with taxes applied, but they round it to $31.47. Back in the day that extra cent was a lot! But they survived...</p><p><br /></p><p>Small rounding like that has very little effect. You might lose like a dollar over the course of a year (I doubt even that)...more then that will be saved in tax money from not minting the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jimmyrules712, post: 288494, member: 10367"]the 1 cent now is worth less then the 1/2 cent was work back in the 19th century, and when they dropped that and rounded everything to the 1 cent there weren't any big problems.... Keep in mind that with each transaction you do the amouint you owe for something is already being rounded. You may actually owe $31.4689 with taxes applied, but they round it to $31.47. Back in the day that extra cent was a lot! But they survived... Small rounding like that has very little effect. You might lose like a dollar over the course of a year (I doubt even that)...more then that will be saved in tax money from not minting the coins.[/QUOTE]
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