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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1184119, member: 15929"]Sorry I make you so upset about saving money since the US Mint spends nearly 2 cents to make every 1 cent and nearly 7 cents for every 5 cent coin produced. I rarely use cents anymore and just figured that I was no different than anybody else. By that I mean, I buy my gasoline with my debit card, pay for my groceries with my debit card, pay my bills online (when I can) and when I do pay cash for something, I rarely give exact change and usually pay with the largest denomination bill in my possession. Cents that do get spent are usually just placed in the "Take One-Give One" tray or possibly the charity bucket without giving it a second thought.  I can't buy anything for one cent unless it's a pull on a penny slot machine and 99% of those take credit slips anyway. The government has rounded my income taxes either up or down to the nearest dollar for the past 50 years and rounding a purchase up or down to the nearest nickel just doesn't matter to me anymore since the cent and nickel change goes in the dead change jar at home anyway. On the other hand, if folks would be less concerned over their expensive conveniences anbd more concerned with how government could save money, perhaps "our" (and I use the term our intentionally because we elected these people) national deficit could actually be addressed? Since this upsets you so much, I guess I'll stop suggesting ways to save $600,000,000 a year on frivolous expenditures and just jump in the "whine about government" bandwagon expecting them to figure out ways to balance the budget yet not have it affect me in anyway. Yeah, that sounds like a good plan![/QUOTE]

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