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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 7503587, member: 68&quot;]The production of pennies is just a symptom and symbol of the rot that has engulfed us.&nbsp; Every time a penny is used it is counted twice and it&#039;s worth less than the cost of counting and handling it.&nbsp; If you throw it away to stop the madness they just make another one to replace it and a rich man gets more money.&nbsp; And more of the earth&#039;s resources and oxygen are consumed in the process.&nbsp; Rich people have representation in Washington so their interests are considered and they can explain to lawmakers how losing money in every transaction is good for the economy.&nbsp; They call themselves &quot;Americans for Common Cents&quot; but in point of fact their arguments obscure the real issues about the toxicity, instability and wastefulness of pennies.&nbsp; As with everything we dig our resources out of the earth and combine them to make CO2 and garbage to shovel right back in the earth.&nbsp; Now the taxpayer will need to shovel out more money to &quot;fix&quot; a problem created by waste and greed and guess who&#039;ll make the most money &quot;fixing&quot; it. In the meantime don&#039;t expect any disruption to the status quo such as the elimination of pennies or a change in nickels to make them less costly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The nickel should simply be made of aluminum and non-negotiable and non legal tender.&nbsp; When people get used to it it&nbsp; should be still aluminum but about half its current volume.&nbsp; Pennies should be collected for safe disposal outside of landfills.&nbsp; they are good for galvanize, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nickels can be used as chill scrap in industry and they&#039;d love to have them.&nbsp;&nbsp; The entire transition would be profitable to the mint and make a great deal of sense so it&#039;s not going to happen.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b300b3">There is no lobby in Washington for common sense</span>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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