MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing costapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68arrow-down2·1 day agoLet it be known that I’m capable of recognizing a good Trump action, however rare they may be
minus-squarephxlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 day agoCanada did this a long time ago for similar reasons, and many other countries have stopped production of equivalent low-value coins as well. Can’t argue with this one.
minus-squareMothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down12·edit-21 day agoWe reuse pennies so this claim has never made sense
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoRight, so we can keep reusing the ones in circulation. This is to stop making more of them.
Let it be known that I’m capable of recognizing a good Trump action, however rare they may be
Canada did this a long time ago for similar reasons, and many other countries have stopped production of equivalent low-value coins as well.
Can’t argue with this one.
We reuse pennies so this claim has never made sense
Right, so we can keep reusing the ones in circulation. This is to stop making more of them.