Nope, no rubles. American dollars, coin or bill are fine; no Canadian dollars either. The GAO report, which I encouraged everyone to read for themselves, cites a survey in which 3/4 of Americans surveyed prefer the bill to the coin for the $1 currency unit. (To be honest, you have to pay the IRS by check, money order, wire transfer, electronically, etc; they accept neither bills nor coins.) Our currency system is denominated in dollars to two decimals regardless of what tokens of currency are used to pay the bill. The coin/bill argument can not be rationally compared to metrication. It is more analogous to whether you should measure with a metal, plastic, or wooden meter stick.
--- On Wed, 10/19/11, John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51258] RE: COINS Act H.R.2977 <Off topic> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 2:20 AM "Just forcing people to use what the government chooses to make was a characteristic of the central planners in the USSR. It tends to make the rabble rise up with pitchforks." I don't pay taxes in the US, but if I did, it is gratifying that the US government will accept payment in rubles.
