Pennies

[ysabetwordsmith]

People are trying again to kill the penny.  Just to add insult to injury, the law would require all prices to be rounded up. 

Comments

agree and disagree

[degringolade]

I do think that the penny is useless, I am annoyed by the rounding up, but then again, the rounding up will only barely beat inflation anyway so probably a net gain.

[conuly]

Surely it'd be simpler to recenter our money? We've been talking and talking and talking about penny murder for decades, but honestly, what with inflation, we could make a New Penny worth 10 or 20 Old Pennies and adjust all the other coins and bills to match.

[dewline]

Good luck getting the Bank of Canada to revive our penny.

[chanter1944]

Yep, the stupidity, it bloody scorches. :(

[autopoiesis]

I can understand the reasoning behind eliminating the penny as such — but damned if it’s not symbolic that the coin they’re getting rid of is the one with Abraham Lincoln on it.

[a_natural_beauty]

Ah, this is sad news I think :-/