Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson would like to get rid of the penny. I think it's a great idea; they don't do much for the economy in my opinion, and they lost a lot to make. Especially when more and more people are spending money on credit cards. I know that I deal with physical cash a whole lot less than I used to. I'm more annoyed than anything when I receive pennies as change. If you're walking somewhere and you drop a penny, would you really bend down to pick it up? If you even had to think for a second about that, it should tell you something. It's money! Why wouldn't you pick it up? Because it's worthless! We already know what what I think of the phrase "
Worth Every Penny".
In
the article where I was reading this, Paulson also said that he keeps dollar bills with him for when people ask for an autograph. Really? It would be kind of cool to have one, but when you see him (assuming you're the type who could recognize him), would you really think to ask him for an autograph? Let alone for him to give you money to autograph?
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Godspeed.
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