Republicans and Democrats Can Agree on This: Stop Minting Pennies
1st May 2025
Pennies these days are more likely to end up lost or buried under couch cushions than to be used for transactions, according to detractors. Each one cost 3.7 cents to make last year.
It wouldn’t be a problem if the government hadn’t been inflating the currency so badly for the last 80 years.
When I was a kid, you could still buy something for a penny.