No more pennies will be minted

Billiejeens · Feb 10, 2025

progressive hunter said:
its a stepping stone to it,,

Plastic is a much bigger step.

Especially post Covid.

progressive hunter · Feb 10, 2025

Billiejeens said:
Plastic is a much bigger step.

Especially post Covid.

plastic is a goal not a stepping stone,,

blackhawk · Feb 10, 2025

I sincerely believe the nation will survive this massive shock to our collective national well being.

Blaster · Feb 10, 2025

Admiral Rockwell Tory said:
That will cost you a nickel.

A nice reply Admiral. :beer:

Scoutster · Feb 10, 2025

OKTexas said:
YES, Every time I find one.

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I walked by after getting out of my truck in my parking garage and saw a penny on the ground and I did not pick it up. You are a sad broken individual. Keep looking and on a sale day you can get a $.99 cheese burger. Everyone should have dreams, even how stupid they are.

Thunk · Feb 10, 2025

Save your 2025 pennies. They might become rare & valuable :banana:

blackhawk · Feb 10, 2025

Everyone does know if there are any catastrophic effects from this we can start minting them again right?

OKTexas · Feb 10, 2025

Scoutster said:
I walked by after getting out of my truck in my parking garage and saw a penny on the ground and I did not pick it up. You are a sad broken individual. Keep looking and on a sale day you can get a $.99 cheese burger. Everyone should have dreams, even how stupid they are.

When you pay attention to what's on the ground, you'll be surprised what you'll find, nickels, dimes, quarters and the occasional folding money. I never pass up on any of it, and proud of it, it all has value.

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dudmuck · Feb 10, 2025

progressive hunter said:
why not eliminate cash completely??

Although technology is great for efficiency, we also need to be diversified in order to protect from disasters that can take it out, such as coronal mass ejections, electro-magnetic pulses, power grid failures, etc.

Missourian · Feb 10, 2025

dudmuck said:

Well...after the Secret Service allowed an assassin on a flat roof 150 yards away from the president of the United States with a direct line of sight to the stage, then a couple weeks later allowed another assassin to set up on the perimeter of a golf course President Trump uses regularly, and only caught him because he was an idiot...that one might be justified.

Stann · Feb 10, 2025

Missourian said:
Another piece of wasteful spending ended. Subsidizing production of the penny was stupid. This was long past due.

Getting rid of the penny means all taxes will rise even higher. Here in Nebraska our average 7.5% tax on everything will no doubt go to 10 cents on the dollar. Which is another crime in of itself. It should go back to 5 cents but it won't.

sartre play · Feb 10, 2025

JUST WOW! to many possible changes so fast,
All changes need discussion & reasoned decisions.

BlackSand · Feb 10, 2025

sartre play said:
JUST WOW! to many possible changes so fast,
All changes need discussion & reasoned decisions.

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Hell ... If anyone had done anything, discussed this shit and taken care of business over the last seven decades ...
We wouldn't be talking about it or doing it now.

We kind of had a chance ... And let crap just fall apart ... That's why a lot of people voted for President Trump.
They were tired of do-nothing politicians that talk a good game and never make a worthwhile attempt to fix anything.
There's a chance you can fail if you try something new or different ...
Better than doing nothing and thinking it is all going to fix itself.

It's all about risk ... Stepping up to meet the challenge ... And letting the pieces fall where they do.
I think it's going to be interesting if the Establishment makes it out of all this unscathed.

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JWBooth · Feb 10, 2025