On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's a suggestion in the US to drop the penny (so all costs would round > to the nearest 5 cents), convert the $1 bill to a coin, and push the $2 > bill. It's brilliant, it's logical, it makes sense, and it will never ever > happen. > > Copyright reform's in the same boat. > NOTTV: "The penny actually outstripped its own value some time ago, as the price of the metal plus fabrication and transportation costs relentlessly accelerated. According to the U.S. Mint, the cost of producing a 1 cent coin is 2.4 cents (SNIP) Although their website discloses no information about the group's sponsorship, it turns out that Americans for Common Cents is funded almost entirely by the zinc producers and certain vending machine associations. One of their primary weapons in the save-the-penny battle is a 2006 survey by Coinstar Inc. reporting popular support. Coinstar, incidentally, makes machines that count pennies. And according to Politico, Tennessee-based Jarden Zinc Products has spent nearly $1 million (100 million pennies) lobbying Congress to keep making them." http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/feb/20/personal-finance-nickel-for-your-thoughts/?print -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
