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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 776183, member: 17753&quot;]I do not want this thread to devolve into politics . . . but I think we can agree on the following: there are lots of smart things that government does that the public doesn&#039;t understand and therefore they think it&#039;s a waste (and vice versa).&nbsp; If the govt. spent much money advertising on why they should use a dollar coin instead of the paper dollar, far too many would be writing their congressman decrying the use of taxpayer money for such things, folks would use this issue to show how their against government waste, others would complain that the govt is trying to disrespect George Washington, other would complain about political correctness, and on and on and on.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Anybody remember the big brouhaha when &quot;In Gd we Trust&quot; was put on the edge of a coin?&nbsp; Political commentators are *still* complaining about that, as supposed proof of a conspiracy by government to remove religion from the public sphere.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, political calculations, posturing, and ignorance is why we still _have_ the paper dollar.&nbsp; Bottom line: too many people like it or are comfortable with it.&nbsp; No matter that it costs more or may not make economic sense.&nbsp; And if folks try to &quot;force&quot; the dollar coin on us, well then, it&#039;d just be another instance of &quot;gummint bureaucrats&quot; trying to tell &quot;real America&quot; what they should be doing, and before you know it it&#039;s proof of socialist tendencies, and so on and and so forth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Disclosure: I work for the federal govt, in DC.&nbsp; I know first hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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