I Hate Pennies

Dear People Who Decide What U.S. Currency Should Be,

Thank you for making some of our paper bills pretty (although, making them more like EU money would be cooler). I can't wait until all the solid green bills are out of circulation and all we have is rainbow money.

You even did cool stuff with quarters and nickels. I suppose next on your agenda is the dime.

However, before you get completely down the list of coins to update, please just eliminate altogether the penny. It's a ridiculous use of metal, machines and man hours. I have all of mine in a zip-lock bag because I hate carrying them around. And, more importantly, not having a penny change on me when I need it can reak unnecessary havoc. One cent. Who cares! What a peon of a valuation. I slowy accumulate enough pennies to make a dollar. Even homeless people are insulted by pennies. Really, they would prefer the minumum is a nickel. "Sir, if you had a choice, would you prefer someone give you a handfull of nickels or a handfull of pennies?" I dare you to go out on the street and ask them.

So please give sincere cosideration to my request. Inflation alone has flat out eliminated the penny. People drop them and don't care, people leave them at the counter because they don't want the weight in their pockets, and stores often give them away freely if you don't quite make change. Just eliminate them already!

Kind regards,
Mona

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