[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

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

1) The copper idustry is I'm sure providing copper for many things other than pennies.

2) In the OP it says that there is barely any copper left in pennies anyway

3) Even if the copper industry was dependant on the penny, keeping it around for the sake of those jobs, is still jobs for the sake of jobs, and if it's inefficient, the effort should be spent somewhere else.