Faux News drama in the comments
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President Trump's order to freeze penny production is a perfect example of what makes this administration different.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 10, 2025
Penny production has been pointless for years. Everyone knew it, but nobody else cared enough to actually act. Sure, it's "only" $179 million a year. But looks at…
🚨REPORTER: "The penny is gone, is the nickel next!?"
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 11, 2025
Trump's reaction is great 💀 pic.twitter.com/6lo0DBpBgq
President Trump has ordered a stop to penny production. Good!
— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) February 10, 2025
I covered the stupidity of government losing money to make pennies years ago: pic.twitter.com/GreLFnVU7e
Trump's "pragmatic" argument for ending penny is a trial balloon for his technocrat billionaires who want to take us into a de facto CBDC
— David Knight Show LIVE 9am EST, M-F (@libertytarian) February 10, 2025
"CBDC" label doesn't matter
Transactional financial privacy does
Digital "money" is a surveillance trap, but it's fine if Trump does it
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so whats the social media liberal talking point for this is it racist to get rid of pennies
edit: wait i've got it! this is going to make EVERYTHING cost more because stores will have to round up to not have pennies as change!
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lincoln freed the slaves, by removing his image he's conditioning the public to accept bringing slavery back
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Beat me to it.
!remindme 1 week
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I will be messaging you on 18.02.2025, 05:24 UTC to remind you of this comment
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Leftists should be against this because the take-a-penny-leave-a-penny is the closest the world has come to functional version of communism.
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In Canada, we just round up or down to the nearest nickel. It's only for cash purchases anyway.
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