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SmittynMo

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4. Good point

Reply to HughBeaumont (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 30, 2015, 02:07 PM

Nov 2015

But it's clearly obvious to me the the entire GOP is insane, without question. This should be the end of them too. They have no chance in hell of winning.

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Are we really this stupid? [View all] SmittynMo Nov 2015 OP

John Oliver, the Brit, is an American treasure. nt valerief Nov 2015 #1

Much like The Guardian. We get our best news from the Brits :) arcane1 Nov 2015 #3

Agreed! To me, something's not true unless I see it in the Guardian (pretty much). nt valerief Nov 2015 #14

Well, Donald Trump IS a leading Presidential candidate . .. . HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #2

Good point SmittynMo Nov 2015 #4

John Oliver is correct. The Dutch did away with their penny in 1980 because it cost too BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #5

What gets me is that SmittynMo Nov 2015 #7

This can only mean someone is benefiting from the manufacturing of a useless coin. BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #8

Pennies made after 1982 only contain 2.5% copper Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #17

We recently got rid of ours. polly7 Nov 2015 #6

There was a segment SmittynMo Nov 2015 #9

If the concern is fiscal and only fiscal, then the $1 bill should also be axed LanternWaste Nov 2015 #10

We've tried dollar coins over and over again. KamaAina Nov 2015 #12

Dollar coins are currently being minted Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #16

I prefer dollar (and 2-dollar) coins kentauros Nov 2015 #21

And yet dollar bills do KamaAina Nov 2015 #22

There are a few modern vending machines that take dollar coins kentauros Nov 2015 #26

The VTA ticket-vending machines do that. KamaAina Nov 2015 #27

Yeah I don't understand treestar Nov 2015 #23

It must be the Illuminati pyramid on the back KamaAina Nov 2015 #25

There's another reason to get rid of the dollar bill: kentauros Nov 2015 #24

Actually, the stupid part is pretending that each penny is only spent once. jeff47 Nov 2015 #11

I was hoping someone had already pointed this out. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #28

I think that if the penny is eliminated, the nickel will be next and then.... panader0 Nov 2015 #13

I like the penny dishes many shops have. hunter Nov 2015 #15

Canada is eliminating the penny, too. n/t pampango Nov 2015 #18

I pretty much do not use cash. I especially despise pocket rocks. alphafemale Nov 2015 #19

The Pentagon can blow that much money in a day. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #20