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Originally Posted by blankall
If our economy is so desperate that we need to make up fake jobs, lets find a slightly more usefull industry to make up jobs in.
Get rid of the penny. This is long overdue.
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i'm not an advocate one way or the other; just posing questions. However, copper mining is hardly a fake job, or an insignificant industry espeically in this country. The cost of making the penny, and the inconvienece to consumers needs to weighed against the importance of this industry, jobs, tax revenue generated, retail implications etc