Should we quit minting pennies? (Rooney on 60 mins says so) I agree

[karlrschneider]

it's a waste of copper, time, and arithmetic...let's just round every price on anything off to the nearest nickel.. whadda y'all think?
(yes, i know there ought to be 'penny candy', but they can make them
a little bigger and charge 5c?)

[rug]

1. What copper?

[Ima]

2. The plating?

[Skink]

3. Bad idea..

In fact lets put reagan on the penny that way it will live on forever.

[St. Jarvitude]

6. Um

:wtf: are you talking about?

[LoZoccolo]

7. I am all for the Reagan penny too.

No I'm not. :+

Maybe if I had to choose between the Reagan penny and Reagan dime, I'd pick that though.

[St. Jarvitude]

11. I say we make Reagan commemerative toilet paper

Then again, he's probably not even fit to wipe my ass.

[ZombieNixon]

4. But, but, but, then we couldn't...

...umm...give me bit, I'll think of something useful you can do with pennies...umm...hmm...

<one week later>

...OK, I admit it, pennies are essentially useless. If I might make a suggestion, always round gas prices DOWN to the nearest nickel.

[qnr]

21. self-delete n/t

[Gothic Sponge]

5. I agree

I have a big jug full of pennies. I drop them in there all the time. When it's full, i bring them to those CoinStar machines. I'd prefer not to do it.

[bowens43]

8. So you want to us to pay more for everything.

No thanks.

[SharonAnn]

9. So they'll round all prices up to 5 cent increments and all sales taxes

to 5 cent increments.

Think about it. Perfect license to raise prices.

[Left Is Write]

10. Sales tax came to mind for me too.

[YDogg]

12. Would that signal the end ...

... of "have a penny leave a penny, need a penny take a penny" trays?

[Zuni]

13. Yes! I have advocated the end of the penny for years

If I were a politician that would be one of my issues.
Why can't we round cents to the closest multiple of 5?
I have so many pennies littering my dresser. They are a royal pain in the ass

[Radical Activist]

14. Rooney can kiss my penny pinching butt

and yes, I can do that with my butt. I keep it in good shape.

[DS1]

15. Drink vinegar, you might end up with shiny pinched pennies

;-)

[Scrooge]

16. yes

they are more hassle than they are worth. I always leave my pennies in the "need a penny" jar at retail stores. I do take them when I need them too, so maybe I think we should keep them. hmmm.. I guess I dont really care either way.

[James T. Kirk]

17. Keep the pennies!

1. Do you think if prices were rounded, it would benefit the consumer or the retailers?

2. Pennies are overwhelmingly used by the poor and by the young to get the most accurate pricing. If we did away with them, the little guys would be screwed a few percent on multiple small purchases.

[Okieprogie]

18. Get rid of them

I literally throw them away. I drop them on the road when I leave a takeout window.

[SmileyBoy]

19. I have collected 31,683 pennies throughout my lifetime.

And on behalf of penny collectors everywhere, I say

NYET!!

NEIN!!

HAYIR!!

NON!!

NOOOOO!!!!

[derby378]

20. My suggestion: One year off, one year on

And THIS time, use actual copper to make the pennies. The money saved from minting pennies every other year should help greatly.

[qnr]

22. Keep them. Nothing says "screw you" to your utility company more

than paying your bills in pennies.