Move to Canada. Our "single " is a coin called the Loonie, our "two dollar " is a coin called the twonie, and our penny was ditched in early 2013. All cash sales are rounded to nickles. It's freaking awesome.
PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- -- 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.
