> > On a parallel note, I'm sure some of you have heard that the US Mint has > announced it has suspended production of the Sacagewea Dollar coin. The > news release said it was due to lack of interest by the public. Even though > there was more interest in the Sacagewea than in the SBA Dollar, the demand > is too small to warrant continuing production. The mint also stated that if > there is further interest, they may resume production next year. > > I'm sure we all felt it would come to this. As long as we have a government > that can't properly plan and implement the introduction of a simple coin to > replace the dollar bill,
Is it that they can't plan and implement a move to replace the dollar bill or that they don't want such a move? I think it's more the latter. If they wanted to do it, they would, but there's too much pressure from certain interest groups. Stephen Gallagher
