And you must know that the Italian Finance Minister wants the adoption of a 1 euro note because 1. the USA has a 1 dollar note (He could just as well propose the adoption of ifp in the EU as it is the US system (sic) system of units), 2. it is supposed to be anti-inflationary. People are supposed to be keeping bills in their pockets and spending coins by him. No way. What nonsense.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "John David Galt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-10-02 23:04 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. > > >
