freeMB to BBCEnglish · 1 month agoNo more minting 'wasteful' pennies, Trump tells Treasurywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
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minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoNah, Canada dropped the penny years ago. It was costing us $0.04 to make a penny. Now we round up or down. The problem will be teaching Americans how to round.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI’m pretty sure the US penny has been in the same situation for my entire life. But saving the country money had never been Trump’s goal, hence my cynicism.
minus-squareDerArzt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoMath in this education system? Best I can do funny plastic cards that go beep when you use it.
Nah, Canada dropped the penny years ago. It was costing us $0.04 to make a penny. Now we round up or down.
The problem will be teaching Americans how to round.
I’m pretty sure the US penny has been in the same situation for my entire life. But saving the country money had never been Trump’s goal, hence my cynicism.
Math in this education system? Best I can do funny plastic cards that go beep when you use it.