President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.
There is absolutely zero truth to that statement whatsoever. There are a grand total of zero federal laws which require retailers, or anyone for that matter to round to the nearest nickel… There may be a state or two who do this, and that’s great. But no one is required federally to do it. So saying that it’s “by law” is not only misleading, but it’s a boldface fucking lie.
Brother, he’s from Lemmy.ca and is speaking about it like it’s been the case for a while. It’s okay to misread a situation without blaming someone else.
So a Canadian makes a statement in a US thread, about a US policy by a US President mistaking the situation and applying logic from a completely different country and passing it off like it’s the most obvious thing in the world, and I’m the bad guy?
This place is just as shitty as Reddit sometimes, I guess.
For 99% of things I completely agree. But pennies can make for cheaper and better quality bases for some wargame models and also penny pushers at the arcade are pretty fun. Pushing the minimum spend up on those significantly would not be great.
Overall it is probably still worth it but there are some good things we will lose.
The price at checkout just rounds to the nearest nickel by law. Pennies needed to go 10 years ago, it’s been great here
There is absolutely zero truth to that statement whatsoever. There are a grand total of zero federal laws which require retailers, or anyone for that matter to round to the nearest nickel… There may be a state or two who do this, and that’s great. But no one is required federally to do it. So saying that it’s “by law” is not only misleading, but it’s a boldface fucking lie.
Sounds like OP was from Canada.
Considering the post he was replying to was about a US President telling the US Treasury to stop minting a specific US currency, OP is beyond stupid.
Brother, he’s from Lemmy.ca and is speaking about it like it’s been the case for a while. It’s okay to misread a situation without blaming someone else.
So a Canadian makes a statement in a US thread, about a US policy by a US President mistaking the situation and applying logic from a completely different country and passing it off like it’s the most obvious thing in the world, and I’m the bad guy?
This place is just as shitty as Reddit sometimes, I guess.
You’re only the “bad guy” for lashing out when it’s not called for and doubling down, but I ain’t your momma. Go off queen.
lmao lashing out? Whatever you need to tell yourself.
Keep flailing, it’s going great.
For 99% of things I completely agree. But pennies can make for cheaper and better quality bases for some wargame models and also penny pushers at the arcade are pretty fun. Pushing the minimum spend up on those significantly would not be great.
Overall it is probably still worth it but there are some good things we will lose.
There are plenty of pennies in circulation for those uses and still will be for decades or centuries.
1% is awfully generous here