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Alas Poor Erinaceus ( zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml )  to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

So long, penny! Trump orders US to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints

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So long, penny! Trump orders US to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints

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Alas Poor Erinaceus ( zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml )  to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. to stop minting pennies. His surprise announcement comes after decades of unsuccessful efforts to phase out the 1-cent coin.
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  • Sam_Bass ( Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml ) 
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    One good thing does not undo a billion bads

  • TheCriticalMember ( TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone ) 
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    Well this is confusing as hell. I think ditching pennies is a great idea, but I despise trump and maga and agreeing with anything he wants to do feels incredibly icky!

    • davel [he/him] ( davel@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Did Something Good

      Unlike Sleepy Joe “nothing will fundamentally change” Biden.

    • HiddenLayer555 ( HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Broken clock

  • osaerisxero ( osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org ) 
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    Ok, this can be his one positive thing amongst his mountain of shit. Even if it is just to get Lincoln’s face off of coinage.

    • Chuymatt ( Chuymatt@beehaw.org ) 
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      What is wrong with Lincoln?

      • osaerisxero ( osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org ) 
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        Lincoln ‘freed the slaves’, and there’s a voting segment of the population who consider that an indictment of his character.

        • Chuymatt ( Chuymatt@beehaw.org ) 
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          FFS, really?!

  • dx1 ( dx1@lemmy.ml ) 
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    A subtle reminder that it’s not just corporate greed, money itself has actually increased dramatically in supply.

    Anyone else remember when they got their last equally distributed proceeds from inflation check in the mail? Me neither.

    • blackberry ( blackberry@midwest.social ) 
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      hey, so the US government printed trillions of dollars in the last few years, on top of them printing a few trillion the decade before, on top of them printing a few trillion every year since they’re in debt. and that’s just what’s public information on their websites

    • मुक्त ( mukt@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Subtle?

  • Raymond Shannon ( chillBurner@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Obligatory timely video: You know what’s bullshit? Pennies

  • davel [he/him] ( davel@lemmy.ml ) 
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    But then who’s gonna handle my ass pennies?

  • NigelFrobisher ( NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 
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    Literally like a pensioner on the bus complaining about the size of small change a they get the fare out in shrapnel, except he’s never been on a bus or handled small change. Maybe they should set up a whist drive in the Oval Office next.

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