The Idle American

A Quarter for Your Thoughts?...
Economists have suggested for years that we’d be better served if the U.S. Mint ceased turning out pennies— the nation’s lowest denominational coin. Though some 140 billion pennies remain in circulation— many in jars, under sofa cushions, on sidewalks or playgrounds—their demise will be gradual.With cost-cutting the order of the day, why should we mint coins that cost three cen...

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