Comments on: Latest Waste of Taxpayer Money: The Penny Redesign

By: BUTCH

BUTCH — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:33:43 +0000

ON AN ARTICLE THE COST OF REDESIGNING THE PENNY WHY WOULDNT YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE COST OF REDESIGNING THE PENNY? IS SAM HILL KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HE IS WRITING?

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:10:50 +0000

I’m amazed that you think the penny redesign is a waste of money but fail to recognize the effort that has been put in the one dollar coins and the people’s failure to get rid of the extremely expensive habit of paper money. The Lincoln cent was not put out to cheer us up during a recession it was put out because it was the bicentennial. These would have been put out regardless of the economy’s state. Same thing with the sheild series that is currently out. Work on phasing out the dollar first and the penny would very likely go with it, but for some reason we can’t jump on the bandwagon of coin money instead of paper.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:37:23 +0000

I would also like to see the end of the penny. Nothing but a waste.

Another point: If the penny is discontinued, big business would take a hit and our products would be cheaper. For example: $7.95 instead of $7.99. They would never bump it up to $8.00, it sounds too expensive. Not to say they wouldn’t find a way to pass that off to the consumer anyway.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:03:37 +0000

I think it is a waste of taxpayers money to redesign any of the coins or bills.

By: ToHellWithPennies

ToHellWithPennies — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:52:47 +0000

This is a waste of money… the only people pinching pennies are poor. Hell, I’d even say coin change in general is a waste.

If Richard is so wise and saved 100 dollars and 23 cents by saving pennies, I’d of said he spend the time working on something that resulted in more bang for your BUCK.

The Japanese also have a weak ¥ yen coin it’s made almost entirely of plastic and is worth even less.

They provide little to no value except in vast quantitities. And they are of so little value that people leave them around for other people to use because of their poor pricing of items. “Give a penny, Take a penny.”

Laughable and a waste of time and real money.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:15:35 +0000

I disagree.. the penny is an iconic symbol of America that hasn’t really been appreciated in the past few years. I don’t want them to change it, the new designs aren’t nearly as good as this original one.

I am an advocate for saving your pennies. They CAN add up quickly if you just keep them in a automatic counting jar. I’m up to 100 dollars and 23 cents and that’s all from my love seat, car, and under my bed.

You’d be surprised what an extra hundred will fix in these difficult times. This is a waste of money, keep the original design.

Alas, they won’t.

This stupid younger generations just don’t understand.

By: kgridah

kgridah — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:31:21 +0000

No top hat!!! What the Heck!! It’s like Indiana Jones without a whip, or Cindy Crawford without a mole or Michael Jackson without a….oh wait he’s really like that. The point is we’re wasting our money and even if we get rid of the penny we’ll still be paying for it.

By: MXs

MXs — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:35:01 +0000

the penny used to have value a while ago but not anymore. Will this happen to the dollar in the near future?

By: JBo

JBo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:31:21 +0000

If we were to get rid of the penny, what happens when all of our purchases are rounded-up to the nearest 5 cent price? How much would that cost Americans?

By: littlguy

littlguy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:17:23 +0000

I disagree with the thought that the penny is worthless. If you think about how much your goods would increase if you had to round up 5cents it would be staggering. The penny may not seem like much but if it wasn’t there we would all face an even larger crunch on our wallets.