There will be whiners no matter what. With this latest failed attempt to introduce a $1 coin, future attempts will be even harder...
Good ideas and people are like oil and water - someone needs egg on their face before they'll mix... Johnathan McClure ----- Original Message ----- From: "John David Galt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 4:04 PM Subject: [USMA:22425] Re: $1 coins (was Metric clothing labels) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> The one dollar bill. A waste of taxpayer... well, dollars. If the treasury > >> department had been firm in its commitment to kill it by not printing them > >> anymore, we'd all be using the Sakkawea coins by now. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The treasury department was ORDERED by Congress to keep printing dollar bills > > -- that was specifically included in the dollar coin legislation! One more > > case of Congress wimping out to the whiners. > > It's not whining to point out that the new $1 coins are too unfriendly to use. > Despite the smooth edges, they still feel exactly like a quarter in one's > pocket. > > I'll start using $1 coins when they make them the size of the Eisenhower $1 > coin again. >
