Deep Red County Begs Trump to Reconsider War on Pennies

[Zorro]

A deep red county in Tennessee has called on President Donald Trump to reconsider his order to the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies. Residents in Greene County, which is home to Artazn LLC—the maker of all of the country’s unstamped pennies, have warned that there will be significant job losses if Congress approves the move, The Greenville Sun reported. Jeff Taylor, CEO of the Greene County Partnership, said he was disappointed that Trump’s decision would cost “American jobs” in the county, which voted 82.3% for the president in the 2024 election. Americans for Common Cents, a pro-penny group with Artzan, said, “overhead expenses at the Mint would remain [if the penny were eliminated] and would need to be absorbed by other coins, increasing their per-unit costs. Additionally, without the penny, the demand for nickels would rise to fill the gap in small-value transactions.” Trump announced the new cost-cutting measure last week, writing on Truth Social, “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/deep-red-county-begs-trump-to-reconsider-war-on-pennies/

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Felon47 doesn't give a rat's ass about them,

it's way past time they find that out.

[Red Mountain]

2. Maybe they could all take a pay cut

to keep costs down.

They'd be working for.......pennies.

[Takket]

3. i didn't know the leopard would eat MY face!

[boston bean]

4. More dummies. And they think he gives a shit how it affects them. Dumbasses.

[dem4decades]

5. They can pick vegetables can't they?

[boonecreek]

6. Hey folks ,

you helped sow the wind, now reap the whirlwind.

[WarGamer]

7. Artazn LLC is owned by a multi-national vulture capital firm...

They can find better jobs.

[B.See]

8. Bwaaahahahahaaa.

[timms139]

9. The Maga cult

want's the Eloon and Trump cult to fire everyone until a policy comes home to roost that affect their wellbeing .

[Bengus81]

15. The bad stuff is never going to happen to them. Famous last words MAGOTS!

[SWBTATTReg]

10. May be wasteful, but we still have the penny to this day. And if we're going to stop making them, then use an

unique unit equating to 1 cent, such as a piece of candy or something like that.

There are literally billions and billions of pennies...I don't really foresee a shortage.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Long past the time to do away with them

We lose money making them, they have no real use anymore.

[Vinca]

12. Now if the head of the business was smart, he'd suggest Dear Leader's ugly puss be put on pennies.

That would guarantee penny production for at least 4 years. Poor MAGAs - not even worth a tiny violin.

[Martin68]

13. All conservatives care about is their own backyard.

[MagickMuffin]

14. You get the government you vote for and y'all voted for this

which voted 82.3% for the president in the 2024 election


I guess this IS the government Y’ALL voted for, reap your rewards!

[Wonder Why]

16. Dump the pennies. Dump Greene County and the MAGAts.

[4catsmom]

17. FAFO guys

why would a billionaire and a grifter with golden toilets care about the working man? They just want to siphon all the money out of the US and needed your willing assistance.

[MMBeilis]

18. There is naturally some irony in that, in a county that went for Trump by 82%, would find out that his "winning" would..

.....affect THEM directly, costing them jobs and income. But the fact that it has to do, literally, with "pennies" somehow makes it all the more perfect.

[Xolodno]

19. Eliminating the penny would be even more costly.

Which way do you round on goods and services? At what interval?

We have a stock, bond, metals, etc. markets that transacts in pennies, how do you account for that?

It would be a major headache.

The easier solution would be to issue new currency after inflation has out stripped the old currency value. But even that has problems and is only used as an option in extreme circumstances. Such as, at what point do you stop accepting old legal tender to convert to the new?