Congress looking at steel pennies and nickels

ap.google.com ^ | 05/07/2008 | By LAURIE KELLMAN

[Red Badger]

A penny for your thoughts..................

[Slapshot68]

It’s quite stupid, the penny and possibly the nickel should be ditched anyway.

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

Agreed.

They should do away with the penny and create a new 50 cent piece with Abe's likeness on it.

[bigbob]

better to discontinue these coins than force the redesign of every coin changer in the country.

[Red Badger]

Round all US prices to the nearest dime and be done with them..........

[Da Coyote]

Return to better metals for the coins. Save bucks by not paying congress and the senate and removing their retirement. All of them are making more $$ from graft and corruption then from their salaries anyway. These are despicable people who deserve prison terms following their retirement.

[Red Badger]

They should do away with the penny and create a new 50 cent piece with REAGAN’s likeness on it!!!!!...............

[frogjerk]

Round all US prices to the nearest dime and be done with them..........

Round them up, I'm sure...Sounds no better than when a DIM raises the sales tax .01 and they argue "It's only one penny!"

[CDHart]

I very much like your solution. See my tag line.

Carolyn

[Publius6961]

better to discontinue these coins than force the redesign of every coin changer in the country.

Remember, since the courts have decided that anyone qualifies for public office, including the insane, the pathologically criminal, the stupid and the feebleminded (check out Congress), the odds of expecting thoughtful rational and beneficial decisions is pretty much a fond memory.

[mosaicwolf]

I say ditch the penny but make the nickels out of wood.

[Joe 6-pack]

As long as they still make them so they fit in my fuse box, I’m cool with it.

[martin_fierro]

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I am glad to see that Congress is guarding the ramparts. There are 13 to 26 illegal aliens, from only God knows where in the US, and Congress is sweating how the US Mint manufactures pennies and nickels. May the Lord watch over us and protect us since Congress is OTL.

[Red Badger]

I guess he had the MidASS touch.........

[ClearCase_guy]

Congress trying to bring back the steel-made pennies of World War II

Worst economy since 1943!

[Red Badger]

I say ditch the penny but make the nickels out of wood.

I can hear the tree-huggers now, "Don't take ANY wooden nickels!"..................

[Ouderkirk]

[eyeamok]

US Constitution Article 1 section 8

“no state shall make anything but Gold and Silver COIN a LEGAL TENDER in payment of debt”
I guess the reading and comprehension skills of the Law Givers is nonexistent. They all should be tried for treason, and upon conviction be executed.

Eyeamok

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Gold-fingaaaaa !