Should the U.S. dump the Penny?

[KrisM]

In canada canadian tire money has more value than our currency,lol.

That money is fine by me. Unless you're the guy standing in line behind that guy that is trading in his "Detroit Roll" of Crappy Tire money, and the cashier has to count out a pile of paper "nickles" and "dimes", with a few 50 cent and dollar ones in the mix.

 

[Ronald1973]

My only problem with getting rid of the penny is the price of everything automatically being rounded up to the nearest $0.05. If it was rounded down instead, you can bet that every single store out there would want to keep the penny forever. Doesn't matter if the consumer is the one who has to pay more though, right?

Our new Goodwill is so weird. Clothing is a nice even number. Electronics are a different ballgame. Something might be $3.41 or $10.72. They also don't charge tax.

What are you supposed to stick in the fuse box if they get rid of the penny?

Well, a bullet of course!

 

[skriefal]

Long past time to get rid of the penny. Get rid of the nickel too. Both are only useful to be tossed into my coin jar, for yearly reimbursement at the nearest Coinstar machine (at 10% loss to me!).

 

[John James]

^ ^ ^

Take them to your bank! No loss.

 

[skriefal]

If the banks around here still had coin-counting machines then that's exactly what I'd do!

 

[John James]

Here ya go...

https://www.google.com/search?q=coi...7OrWAhWphVQKHV0zAh8Q_AUICygC&biw=1024&bih=639

I started emptying my pocket when I get home from work. A $5/$6 coin stacker set, some free paper rolls from a bank, Bob's your uncle!

I also save all the one dollar bills 'til the stack gets pretty high and then trade that in. Sometimes that gets to be enough to seek out some more audio goodies!

(BTW, the dollar bill idea is from Dave Ramsey. Look him up.)

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Heck, hand them cake!

The pun was "loafers". Loaf of bread, loafers....

 

[noogies]

The pun was "loafers". Loaf of bread, loafers....

Got it. Could go either way.

 

[BigElCat]

The pun was "loafers". Loaf of bread, loafers....

His joke stems from Marie Antoinette, an ex-Queen of France.

She supposedly wanted to know why the peasants were rebelling. Someone told her it was because they had no bread.

She said, "Well then, let them eat cake".

 

[avionic]

They could dump them all in my backyard..

 

[teal'c]

What are you supposed to stick in the fuse box if they get rid of the penny?

Your tongue.

 

[Ronald1973]

Your tongue.

Jethro did that with the light socket trying to show Granny how to take an x-ray picture of the inside of a bear!