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>>They don't round to the nearest dime. Gee you want to get rid of nickles, too? I think you are going to have to found your own country.

I have yet to hear any rational reason to denominate commercial transactions to anything smaller than a tenth of a dollar. And without the nickel, you can then drop the quarter, and the whole digit.

>>The difference between the 1/2 penny and the penny and nickle is that these are useful measurements to have in any decimal system.

Like what? What do you buy that needs top be denominated in nickels?

>>You might think that people are happy to move over the decimal point. They are not. I love to stump my Canadian friends by asking them what a decimeter is.

The metric system has nothing to do with eliminating puny coins. You should look at the British conversion to decimalization.

>>Anyway, this ultimately comes down to a matter of opinion, and for now, the over-whelming opinion is for dollar bills, nickles and even pennies.

When people leave pennies behind in a dish as not worth the bother, they are NOT expressing support for retaining those absurd little tokens.

>>By all means, try to change minds. But please, do not support a measure that would "force acceptance" in this democratic Republic.

The simple solution is to permit merchants to denominate all transactions in tenth dollars. (Heck, if it is over $100, round to the nearest dollar!) Let the cash registers round, and the problem is solved. If you want to spend 10 pennies at a time, have at it. I'm proposing more freedom, in fact, not coercion.

The simple solution is to permit merchants to denominate all transactions in tenth dollars. (Heck, if it is over $100, round to the nearest dollar!) Let the cash registers round, and the problem is solved. If you want to spend 10 pennies at a time, have at it. I'm proposing more freedom, in fact, not coercion.

I know of nothing in the law that would prohibit merchants from setting such terms with a simple sign at the front door. Of course, you have been advocating eliminating pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and one and five dollar bills (to be replaced with coins). There's no grounswell for that. And I take less time paying my $237 dentist bill in cash than the lady in front of me who insists on cutting a check.