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  • EU considers withdrawal of 1 and 2 euro cent coins

    05/16/2013 1:18:30 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 4 replies
    EU Observer ^ | 15.05.13 @ 09:29 | Valentina Pop
    The European Commission on Tuesday (14 May) tabled several scenarios for the withdrawal of the 1 and 2 euro cent coins, with the cost of minting these coins greater than their use. “The production of 1 and 2 cent coins is clearly a lossmaking activity for the euro area, with the difference between the face value of the coins and the price paid by the state to get them pointing at an estimated total cumulative loss of €1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) since 2002,” the commission said in a press release. Public opinion about the 1 and 2 euro cent coins...
  • Obamalism -- As We Know It -- R.I.P.

    10/14/2010 7:17:16 PM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    Townhall ^ | Oct 09, 2010 | Larry Elder
    Obamalism: a political/social/economic philosophy that combines socialism, collectivism and redistributionism wrapped around a killer smile... "Hope and change" has been replaced with "hopeless and small change." Recently, President Obama was asked this question: Would you veto a bill that extended the tax cut for the wealthy? Four times he refused to answer. Angry voters are fed up with a left-wing, job-killing, anti-business agenda. In every demographic -- racial, gender, age, ideological affiliation -- the President suffers declines in his peak popularity. Not since Mike Tyson in Tokyo have we witnessed a fall this steep. Even among blacks -- at 90...