Harry, I'd be darned if I sign. The dollar coin has been about for decades. Anyone who wants to have them has them and can pay with them. I am glad I am in a democracy where the majority preference has still been the rule, at least on this issue. The majority spoke: it loves paper money.
The notion that printing the paper is more wasteful vs. melting and coining metal that requires train loads to destribute and produces holes in ones trousers is, apparently, not necessarily true. Think of the extra gasoline the world burns in cars accelerating and braking the extra mass in coins people carry with them. BTW, I love the fact, that unlike anywhere else, in the US I work with just 3 (three!) different coins: quarter, dime and nickel. I need to carry only four or five coins with me. I do not take pennies - leave them in the small jars that just about every cashier has. Often the casheir reciprocally pulls out some when I might need them and "pays" for me. But, let me be clear, I do bend down for a penny when I see one on the ground (it brings luck in the U.S.!); then I drop in into one of those litle jars. Stan J. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > OK, this is somewhat off topic, but I didn't start it. Here is something I > sent to friends, which speaks for itself. Sign on if you wish--I hope you > will. > > I guess I am incorrect on rounding "up" of prices in Australia. I never > noticed on way or the other. > > > I have wondered about the practice in China. Anyone know? > > > > HARRY WYETH > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Modernize American > coinage/currency Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:50:06 -0700 From: Harry Wyeth > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: > undisclosed-recipients:; > > Friends > > This is a new project. MoveOn.org asked readers to come up with ideas > for progressive change. The one below is mine. I have no idea how this > progresses, but if you agree with it, I would appreciate your adding > your "signature". This is an idea that comes up from time to time, and > would indeed make life a bit simpler for everyone. During our recent > trip to Australia, we noticed the lack of pennies and the automatic > rounding up or down of prices at stores to the nearest nickel. Same > thing happens in Europe, and nowhere are there one dollar bills, which > wear out rapidly and have to be continually printed. > > It will be interesting to see if this can accumulate a real number of > signatures. > > The message below is the "canned" one that is automatically prepared by > MoveOn. > > Thanks. > > HARRY > > > > Hi, > > American coinage and currency needs to be up to standards of the rest of > the developed world. We need to eliminate pennies and one dollar bills, > saving millions in mint and printing costs. The United States is almost > alone in bothering with such small change, and at great cost to taxpayers. > > So I created a petition to The United States House of Representatives, > The United States Senate and President Barack Obama, which says: > > "Stop the production of dollar bills and pennies, substituting only five > dollar notes and above, and dollar coins and nickels, dimes, and quarters." > > Will you sign this petition? Click here: > http://signon.org/sign/modernize-american-coinagecu?source=c.em.mt&r_by=417290 > > Thanks! > > > >
