I think this is the way. And, in memoriam of the quarter and to celebrate the massive increase in half-dollar production, we open with a 50cents for 50states where we produce half-dollars with 50 alternative "tails", one for each state.
I doubt it'll happen in this administration, but at least we are getting rid of the penny, finally.
Debian-syndicalist
Here in Arkansas, I don't know any "trash" that you can pick up for a deposit. I think when I was a small child in the 80s you could do glass bottles, but when plastic came in that ended. As a teen, and up to maybe a decade ago, you could get paid for aluminum scrap (by weight), but both of the metal recycling places in my county (Polk) do not pay for aluminum anymore (they will accept it, but not pay for it).
Bad People will do Bad Things, but religion gets Good People to do Bad Things. because they believe they are good.
Sincere but incorrect belief can do that without anything we might recognize as religion, tho.
Still I think Optimistic Nihilism CAN replace all the things people think they get from religion. And, it doesn't require fervent belief in anything without evidence. (Sometimes the optimism feels tenuous, tho.)
IF there's no data, then we don't come to @sudoku@programming.dev's conclusion . We don't draw any conclusion. We admit we don't know, and continue to try to discover a method for collecting data.
Michael: See, the trolley problem forces you to choose between two versions of letting other people die. And the actual solution is very simple. Sacrifice yourself.
-- The Good Place
I agree, but when you wouldn't let Aspyr do a Linux port for BL3, I stopped being a "real fan".
Zathras took B4 so that The One could use it.
Perhaps at least a prescription pain killer taken orally?
I would certainly support some sort of local, along the lines of what dentists use.
IIRC, Canada had at least some period of time where while change provided was rounded to the nearest nickel, the penny was still legal tender. (Prices / totals were not rounded; non-cash payments were still denominated / accurate to the penny.)
And, yes, it would be better to get congress and the executive together and have an actual plan for discontinuing the penny and the nickel (and maybe the dime or quarter?). I think on this issue, the executive acting alone is better than doing nothing / maintaining the status quo.