Should Pennies Be Eliminated

Source #4 paragraph four states that, “In 2011, it cost the U.S. Mint more than 2.4 cents to produce one penny. This has led many to argue that the penny is inflating the economy and should be eliminated.” It states again in paragraph four of Source #4 that, “Even though production costs are slightly lower today, the penny still costs the U.S. just over 1.8 cents to produce,” which means the great tax paying American citizens are paying for more than what is being

The trend of deflation intensified. The reason that nobody warned America of deflation was due to false prosperity. The 1920’s were called “the Roaring Twenties”, while mainstream culture at this time supported that it was a time better than anytime before then there were many misconceptions with masses of people at this time (Facts). America was very dependent on production and 42% of people were impoverished. Poverty in 1920’s America was defined by making less than a certain amount of money each year, which was determined by the government (BBC).

The Great Depression was one of the United States’s biggest national crisis, and it left millions jobless, homeless, and begging on the streets. A president was elected in 1932 who said that he could fix the national crisis and get the United States out of this depression. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s methods for doing this were sometimes unorthodox, controversial, and some were even deemed unconstitutional. Federal Government involvement was very questionable at the time and even still is today. However, without government involvement, many citizens would have starved to death and the U.S. may not have gotten out of the depression as soon.

After Hitler gained control over Germany, Germany lost 17,000 of its teachers. The reason Teachers were quitting at such a drastic rate was mainly due to the fact that they were getting a lot less money under the reign of Hitler. Before Hitler’s reign teachers would be paid 2,000 marks a year but when Hitler came into power teachers were only getting 1680 marks per year. To try and fix this problem the German government brought in unpaid substitutes that were willing to work for a very small amount of

The government is going broke! Just because of the death penalty system (created by the government) is so remarkably procrastinating, irreconcilable, and inefficient. Voters are beginning to despise the death penalty because it now costs a substantial amount of money to execute a killer rather locking the inmate up forever. Recently The Economist stated in the newspaper, “In Maryland, for example, it cost three times more—until last year, when the state abolished capital punishment. Governor Martin O’Malley cited the cost as one reason for pressing for abolition.” Therefore, the actual cost of the death penalty includes all the added expenses of the "unsuccessful" trials in which capital punishment is strived for but not successful.

With the London Ultimatum the government was gouged to the point of no recovery. The value of a single mark is now equal to 4 trillion American dollars. Money is so worthless that people use it as wallpaper and the people that can’t afford housing burn it to keep warm during this harsh winter. I’m sorry to say that our uncle, Eugene, has finally passed away from the mustard gas that he inhaled during battle. He had been recovering pretty well but he fell ill again and never recovered.

This point of view makes sense since, as I said earlier, there are 100 million people that have not voted in the last election, this means that around 40 percent of those eligible to vote, do not. We are missing a huge gap in our societies opinions. However according to text 2 “Countries such as Venezuela and the Netherlands practised compulsory voting at one time but have since abolished it”. This means that there are countries that have tried it in the past, and it did not work. Lastly, since 100 million people vote the majority reason that people do not vote, do not vote because they do not have the knowledge for an educated answer.

Unfortunately, illegal immigrants cost the U.S. government around $11.4 billion to $20.2 billion each year due to the use of America’s goods without paying all their taxes (Amadeo). Fortunately, over the

not helped to solve the problem and have delayed for years an improvement. Acid rains have also an effect on the water quality but other sources of pollution contribute more to the poor water situation China has today. The level of fresh water is about 170 cube meters per year/per person. This is only 30 cube meters above what United Nations considers the minimum acceptable level. Aside from the fact that coal industry and power stations use 70% of total water the mining industry has also polluted it.

SECTION A Poverty has been an issue for countless years. Poverty is a serious issue which can have drastic effects such as bringing a whole nation down. Fighting poverty has become a part of our daily life. It dates back to the world wars when poverty became the main talking point of restoring a nation. With nations spending huge on arms and forces, the ill-effects of spending huge and sending huge number of soldiers was leading to poverty.

Pennies cost more than they 're worth, and the United States should cease production to due this fact. According to Source #1, the U.S. penny costs 2.41 cents to produce one penny. That 's is over two times of what it can pay for. In 2011, the governments taxpayers lost $60.2 million on the production and distribution of pennies. The year prior— 2010— taxpayers lost $27.4 million, and in 2009, they lost $19.8 million (Source #1).

The United States mint confirmed in 2014 that,”...each zinc and copper coin costs 2.41 cents to produce and distribute”(Sommer, 4). This means that the coin isn’t cost-effective, or it is not productive in relation to the items cost. This costs up to $60 million, and near $20 million in losses annually. In addition,

The penny should be preserved because if they get rid of the penny it will cause a lot of income issues, also more people would go homeless due to paying more. If the penny is not preserved then more people will pay more because store will round to the nearest five cents. Also the penny is a part of U.S. history. Sources 2 and 4 state that the penny should be preserved. For example in source 2, the author states that “The one-cent piece, commonly referred to as the “penny,” has been a part of United States history for over two hundred years.” This shows that the penny is a part of U.S history and will cause many problems if they stop making them.

People in the United States take money for granted like no other country in the world. We don’t seem to understand that people across the world are starving to death, and making less money in a day than a casual American will spend on a soda. America is only the 3rd most giving country in the world! Which I find astonishing, one might think that’s pretty good, however with all the resources we have in this country, I feel that is an embarrassing statistic. Throughout this reading I will be talking about two well-known philosophers Emmanuel Kant, and Peter Singer and their distinctions on the way people are spending their money, and how we can save life’s by maximizing possessions.

On average the Federal Mint spends 1.4 cents for every penny that they create. This doesn’t seem like a big deal, but considering that there are 13 billion pennies created annually in the US the cost for creating them gets very large very fast. Making them cost more to create than their actual value. Eliminating that cost would allow the budget spent on the Federal Mint to be reduced and there would be more cash in the Federal Budget to spend on other things. One argument against the elimination of the budget is the fact that it will alter the way American citizens are able to pay for things in a negative way.