President Donald Trump said late Sunday that he has ordered the U.S. Treasury Department to stop producing pennies.

  • Omega
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    819 hours ago

    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.

    • @Arbiter
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      618 hours ago

      Maybe they could stop pricing things at X.99 and just be honest with us.

      • @Little8Lost
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        314 hours ago

        And maybe show the price after taxes (i think it was not common in US to do so, could be wrong come from europe)

        • @Arbiter
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          15 hours ago

          You’re correct, it’s not shown often.

    • Chozo
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      018 hours ago

      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.