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    Penny's are a National waste in terms of currency. They are unused, overproduced, and do more harm to the taxpayers then good. This currency is just too small to be of widespread use of the economic system we have today. This is why the United states should remove this insignificant currency. First off because the penny goes unused and is still being manufactured it is driving down the amount of money the government has to spend on other things like, Schools for the children. You wouldn't…

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    with no consequences. Without enforced laws the people that are truly punished are those that abide by their own code of ethics. If a company had to spend fifty cents per a product or could only spend five cents for that same quality product which would they pick? That 's easy, it would be the five cent product. But what if that five cent product was produced by people forced into slavery? At least a portion of people would rather have the major increase in profits if they were never held liable…

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    For example, if the Kellogg Company where to create a new cereal at the cost of one dollar and eighty-nine cents a box, they could not afford to sell that cereal for one dollar and fifty cents a box. They would run themselves out of business very quickly, or they would decide against making that box of cereal and keep making the other boxes that are less cost effective. The solution seems very…

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    Essay On Banning Pennies

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    Penny's? Do we really need them? all we do with penny's is either throw them away into fountains, ponds and even on the ground or we just store penny's in jars, boxes, bags. There is no reason to have the penny anymore all they do is cost people money to make them, and they take up a lot of space on our dressers, wallets, counters and etc. They also take up a lot of time if we didn't have to penny we would have more time to do other things instead of counting pennies for hours of the day.There…

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    other countries with no terrible consequences. The penny is surely not worth the trouble it causes and the burdens we have to endure by keeping them. Pennies are worth one cent, but producing pennies can cost even more than double that price. At a point in America’s history, the production and distribution cost 2.41 cents (Sommer). Many will state that the penny is just not worth the harm it induces. From an economical view, it is regarded as a waste of money, and for good reason (Sommer).…

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    Essay On Loss Of Pennies

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    production of pennies due to their waste of money to make, waste of time, their uselessness, and the money that the public will save from its elimination. Firstly, let's look at the penny's waste of money, the current cost to make one penny is about 1.7 cents. This is a significant increase since a century ago, when the penny was worth what the quarter is today. In 2014, the government spent $132 million on $50 million worth of pennies. In other words, we threw about $82 million dollars in the…

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    Money a great part of our lives which allows us to sustain ourselves through the purchase of our needs. We have our bills and coins, but from these coins, but from these coins pennies are the one with the least value in terms of how much value they represent, as well, as for how they are seen by some US citizens as unnecessary. As a result, an argument over whether or not the penny should be eliminated from our circulation money system has been going on since Jim Kolbe's claim to Congress that…

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    Many people are thinking about getting rid of the penny. People often times see pennies as useless and annoying. People can no longer buy anything with a penny as prices have increased over the years. Pennies are often times more frustrating to others than nickels, dimes, and quarters. Those who have a higher income are for getting rid of the penny, and those who make a lower income want to keep the penny. The penny can be seen as useless, outdated, others would like to see it stay, and others…

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    Penny Lab

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    Introduction: For this lab, the two main topics are surface tension and pennies. Pennies are a part of the US currency, which holds a value of one cent. They were mostly made by copper until 1982 when the government realized the expenses of using copper; thus, the composition was changed to 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper or copper plated zinc. It has a diameter of 19.05 mm and a thickness of 1.52 mm and is forged using four procedures: Blanking, Annealing, Upsetting, and Striking. The design of the…

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    It is not the easiest to find something good to do with a dollar. You can’t even buy anything at the Dollar Tree because with tax, you are spending $1.07. You could buy a Ricker’s soda, I guess, but that’s not really going to make an impact on anyone’s life. With my dollar, I decided to exchange it for one hundred pennies at Payless. Why would I want a hundred pennies? Well, I took those hundred pennies and spread them all across Muncie, Indiana while I was at shopping on Friday. I put all the…

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