» The half-penny was eliminated in 1857, and the nation weathered the trauma.
Yeah, and four years later the States were all fighting each other!
I used the same "logic" as to why we should never again elect president someone named Buchanan.
27 posted on 07/17/2006 8:16:42 AM PDT by KarlInOhio
(Loose lips sink ships - and the New York Times really doesn't have a problem with sinking ships.)