Maybe we can write a program that will give us those "half pennies" and
put the money in our bank accounts. We could be rich. Wait a minute.
Didn't Richard Prior do that in one of the early Superman movies???????
McKay, Curtis wrote:
Sales tax causes items to cost odd amounts so just "getting rid" of the penny
would require people to accept prices being rounded up, or sales tax to be rounded down,
new system etc. Big boom for cash register business probably.
Curtis McKay
Network Administrator
Belleville Township High School District 201
cmc...@bths201.org
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[mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Mike Oliveri
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Last I heard, pennies cost 1.5 cents to make. Every time someone in gov
discusses getting rid of them, though, there's an outcry to keep them, largely
for sentimental reasons. So it never goes anywhere.
Mike
On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Joseph Simshauser wrote:
Newer pennies are less then 5% copper and the rest is zinc... I think.
Joseph Simshauser
sims...@stclair.k12.il.us
Technology Department
Cahokia Unit School District 187
http://cusd187.stclair.k12.il.us/techweb/
"History is much like an Endless Waltz. The three beats of War, Peace, and
Revolution continue on forever."
On 10/4/2010 10:20 AM, Richard Kasson wrote:
One of my neighbors works for Ameren and was on that job Saturday morning.
This guy must have really needed that bottle of Ripple. This leads me to a
question... How can copper be worth so much and a penny is still worth $.01?
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-suspectedburglare,0,5214434.sto
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