Would you be willing to give up $1 bills to save $500MM/Year

[dbackjon]

Washington has come down with a case of fiscal fever as the Obama administration proposes everything from spending freezes on domestic programs to selling off unused government property to bring the budget back in line. Now, one study argues that the government can save billions of dollars simply by making a change to the currency itself.


Earlier this month, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a formal proposal to the Treasury and Federal Reserve noting that if it eliminated the $1 bill and replaced it with the $1 coin, the country could save roughly $5.5 billion during the next 30 years. The reason, according to the agency's report, is that dollar bills have a shorter lifespan than dollar coins because they wear much faster, which in turn requires the government to spend more to print new bills.

The GAO estimates that phasing out dollar bills in favor of coins would require a four-year transition period, during which the government invests in the new currency, but following that, the government would save an expected $522 million each year from the change.

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[dbackjon]

I say yes - tough times require change!

[89Hen]

What about strippers?

[dbackjon]

What about strippers?

a coin will fit in their cracks

[bandl]

Who carries around cash anymore? Honestly. I rarely do, and if I do it's only a wad of Benjamin's. Anything smaller than that I throw on the street for the peasants.

[kalm]

Who carries around cash anymore? Honestly. I rarely do, and if I do it's only a wad of Benjamin's. Anything smaller than that I throw on the street for the peasants.

You're either a really good tipper or a tightwad.

[bandl]

Who carries around cash anymore? Honestly. I rarely do, and if I do it's only a wad of Benjamin's. Anything smaller than that I throw on the street for the peasants.

You're either a really good tipper or a tightwad.

Why do you think I'm so rich, BIATCH?!?!

[TwinTownBisonFan]

long overdue...

discontinue the penny too...

[bandl]

long overdue...

discontinue the penny too...

I'll be damned if I'm going to throw a handful of nickels or dimes at drivers who piss me off on the Beltway. Pennies are perfect weapons.

[Grizalltheway]

long overdue...

discontinue the penny too...

I'll be damned if I'm going to throw a handful of nickels or dimes at drivers who piss me off on the Beltway. Pennies are perfect weapons.

Nickels have more heft.

[dbackjon]

long overdue...

discontinue the penny too...

I'll be damned if I'm going to throw a handful of nickels or dimes at drivers who piss me off on the Beltway. Pennies are perfect weapons.

just start hording them now

[bandl]

I'll be damned if I'm going to throw a handful of nickels or dimes at drivers who piss me off on the Beltway. Pennies are perfect weapons.

Nickels have more heft.

What part of tightwad do you not understand? Is it the 'ghtw'?

[Grizalltheway]

Nickels have more heft.

What part of tightwad do you not understand? Is it the 'ghtw'?

What?

[dbackjon]

What part of tightwad do you not understand? Is it the 'ghtw'?

What?

tightwad - ghtw = tiad. What is so hard to understand?

[bandl]

What part of tightwad do you not understand? Is it the 'ghtw'?

What?

Leaves us with these letters...tigd....I'll be damned if I can make a word out of that. maybe 93 can make up some stupid shit.

[bandl]

What?

tightwad - ghtw = tiad. What is so hard to understand?

Thanks gay man.

[Grizalltheway]

You guys are both whacked. Like, whacked off, completely.

[dbackjon]

What?

Leaves us with these letters...tigd....I'll be damned if I can make a word out of that. maybe 93 can make up some stupid shit.

bandl for the spelling loss

[bandl]

Leaves us with these letters...tigd....I'll be damned if I can make a word out of that. maybe 93 can make up some stupid shit.

bandl for the spelling loss

tig'd?

[dbackjon]

bandl for the spelling loss

tig'd?

You already subtracted the g...

[bandl]

My work is done here. I'm going to lunch.

[dbackjon]

My work is done here. I'm going to lunch.

You don't have the wife pack a lunch for you?

[bandl]

tig'd?

You already subtracted the g...

THERE IS NO g IN WHAT!!!!!

Keep up, GATW took what out of tightwad which left us with tigd. Seriously, do I have to do everything around here? No wonder I'm being 'cuntier' than usual today.

[kalm]

I think we need a thread hijack forum.

[bandl]

My work is done here. I'm going to lunch.

You don't have the wife pack a lunch for you?

Not today. Today I am eating a huge blue cheese bacon cheeseburger, in honor of the catholic yahoos who can't eat meat because of belly button lint. What about you? You eating some sausage today?