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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BeeDub, post: 1427139, member: 37372&quot;]The problem is, Congress is too concerned about public opinion.&nbsp; Public opinion is that they do not want to get rid of dollar bills.&nbsp; If they took the path of other countries and just eliminated the dollar bill and forced dollar coins on the population, they&#039;d likely get wider acceptance.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also been a source of party wrangling as well.&nbsp; There&#039;s been several times that the penny has been on the chopping block, but the Republicans were opposed because Lincoln was a Republican.&nbsp; They wanted to take Roosevelt off the dime and put Reagan, but the Democrats opposed.&nbsp; Just our messed up political process at work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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