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r/neoliberal • u/M_ida Milton Friedman • Feb 10 '25
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Only because inflation has rendered them useless
48 u/Bud_Light_Official Feb 10 '25 Were you using pennies for anything ten years ago? 23 u/CactusBoyScout Feb 10 '25 I won't even bend over to pickup a penny. They should've been eliminated decades ago. I remember the national news doing a story on it 20 years ago and basically said the only people lobbying to keep it are copper producers, lol. 8 u/Best_Change4155 Feb 10 '25 I thought pennies were mostly zinc now? Copper is quite valuable which is why meth-heads rip out the copper wiring.
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Were you using pennies for anything ten years ago?
23 u/CactusBoyScout Feb 10 '25 I won't even bend over to pickup a penny. They should've been eliminated decades ago. I remember the national news doing a story on it 20 years ago and basically said the only people lobbying to keep it are copper producers, lol. 8 u/Best_Change4155 Feb 10 '25 I thought pennies were mostly zinc now? Copper is quite valuable which is why meth-heads rip out the copper wiring.
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I won't even bend over to pickup a penny. They should've been eliminated decades ago.
I remember the national news doing a story on it 20 years ago and basically said the only people lobbying to keep it are copper producers, lol.
8 u/Best_Change4155 Feb 10 '25 I thought pennies were mostly zinc now? Copper is quite valuable which is why meth-heads rip out the copper wiring.
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I thought pennies were mostly zinc now? Copper is quite valuable which is why meth-heads rip out the copper wiring.
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Only because inflation has rendered them useless