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President Donald Trump said late Sunday that he has ordered the U.S. Treasury Department to stop producing pennies.
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·19 hours agoIf businesses aren’t legally allowed to round up or down, then they might be stuck having to hoard pennies if they become hard to find.
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours agoMaybe they could stop pricing things at X.99 and just be honest with us.
minus-squareLittle8Lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours agoAnd maybe show the price after taxes (i think it was not common in US to do so, could be wrong come from europe)
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoYou’re correct, it’s not shown often.
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·18 hours agoHave we ever come close to running out of pennies? Given that almost every household in the US has an enormous jar full of them, I’d have to imagine that there isn’t even really a need to produce more pennies in the first place.
If businesses aren’t legally allowed to round up or down, then they might be stuck having to hoard pennies if they become hard to find.
Maybe they could stop pricing things at X.99 and just be honest with us.
And maybe show the price after taxes (i think it was not common in US to do so, could be wrong come from europe)
You’re correct, it’s not shown often.
Have we ever come close to running out of pennies? Given that almost every household in the US has an enormous jar full of them, I’d have to imagine that there isn’t even really a need to produce more pennies in the first place.