The U.S. Should get rid of the Penny
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The U.S. should remove the Penny from it's currency
- https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2022/8/18/death-to-pennies
- https://kfmx.com/what-you-could-buy-with-70-million-dollars/
- https://www.inc.com/bharat-kanodia/whats-eiffel-tower-worth.html
- https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/10/05/more-americans-are-joining-the-cashless-economy/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U
- https://www.pcgs.com/news/end-of-the-half-cent-in-1857
it is becoming less and less used
Con taking the worst possible interpretation of the resolution, missed that clarification in the description.
“remove the Penny from it's currency” doesn’t sound like hunting them all down for destruction
After that, it’s largely an unknown number of people still use it, versus $70M spent on it every year (that’d be 24 years to build one of the wonders of the world, not every two, and even if earmarked there’s no guarantee it’d ultimately end up going to such a project).
Without a weighable benefit to maintaining the status quo, but having a strong weighable cost (plus defense of other countries doing it without problems), pro wins.
And FYI, money costing more to make than its technical value, only matters if it’s circulated less than said value. This has to do with the money multiplier effect.
I vote for pro for the following reasons.
Pro actually attempted a debate. They provided sources and arguments to support their stance.
Con did not. Con provided zero sources and did not provide much in the way of an argument.
https://youtu.be/QEFcTMKcpdw?si=QnxabDqm_Kqy7910
I'd rather they make the penny with something cheaper.