In the USA, 70 MILLION DOLLARS are spent EVERY YEAR to make up for the difference between the value of the copper and the value of the penny.
This is enough money to vaccine 4,117,647 children against the 6 major childhood diseases
But yeah, pennies are totally worth that.
Imagine if you put that money into energy research! Or a school system! Imagine how much that could do in the average charity! But no, we're too busy making pennies so people can lose productivity.
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Me_Pie_Three wants a SuperNiceDog for Christmas
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