Hopefully this isn’t a dupe
But proof of how inefficient government programs/systems are broken and continue to operate when it makes zero economic cents 😆
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121 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 15h
We haven't had pennies in Canada for quite awhile now.
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75 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 15h
Yup lol smart! Inflation has destroyed the use of the penny and nickel
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54 sats \ 1 reply \ @LowK3y19 5h
My grandpa would say that Pennie’s were so useless they might as well be printed on plastic
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 4h
But a penny earned is a penny saved before the government ruined money
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138 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 15h
Stores don't even accept change anymore. Why are they still minting any of these?
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28 sats \ 3 replies \ @astro_penguin 2h
Really? I've not run into that yet other than the fast food restaurants that don't take cash at all. It must be the type of places I go or something.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 2h
I noticed it during the pandemic. Grocery stores stopped giving change (maybe they did accept it still).
The general issue is places not accepting cash at all.
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37 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 5m
Which is terrible! Cash is king for privacy
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @astro_penguin 2h
Ah, okay. It definitely must be a regional thing then, I pay cash a lot and haven't run into that yet. A lot of places around definitely do prefer cards though.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 15h
Great question. It probably takes an act of Congress to stop the minting of Pennies
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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 13h
What a clown world! Such idiots! The system is SO broken!
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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 13h
Isn't the cash value of the metal in a penny more valuable than a penny? Like if I melted pennies down they would become more valuable.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 13h
pennies and nickels lose money
I was aware of the penny but not the nickel
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @joda 11h
Okay so saving some millions of dollars? Lol okay, some big savings there... (Eyeroll)
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 11h
I think your arithmetic is wrong
the point it's a wasteful activity that should end
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83 sats \ 1 reply \ @joda 11h
Clipping toenails to lose weight.
Just the interest on the debt is nearly a TRILLION dollars annually.
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65 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 11h
do you no longer clip your toe nails? same can be said for finger nails
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