{"id":25855,"date":"2012-02-01T07:48:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T14:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/coin-coin.html"},"modified":"2012-02-01T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T22:36:01","slug":"coin-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/coin-coin.html","title":{"rendered":""Coin! COIN!""},"content":{"rendered":"

I wish them luck (even John McCain) in pushing this forward, but unless you replace<\/i> $1 bills with $1 coins, people simply won't change. And forcing a replacement like that is something that, for whatever bizarro reason, will cause a great political brouhaha. Oh, well … #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I'd be happy to switch to a dollar coin, but I rarely ever see the damn things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe fight over whether or not the dollar should be printed or minted continues. The latest volley of cannon fire in favor of the dollar coin came from Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and Arizona's John McCain, who earlier today introduced the Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings (Hey — that spells COINS!) Act to promote the use of coins in an effort to curb waste and spending.<\/p>\n

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I wish them luck (even John McCain) in pushing this forward, but unless you replace $1 bills with $1 coins, people simply won't change. And forcing a replacement like that is something that, for whatever bizarro reason, will cause a great political brouhaha. Oh, well … #ddtb Reshared post from +Les Jenkins I'd be happy … Continue reading “"Coin! 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