Tuesday, February 12, 2008

It Costs $134 Million To Make $80 Million In Pennies

60 Minutes went on to a field trip to the US Mint and found out that to make $80 million worth of pennies, it costs the government $134 million. The US Mint says this is because the prices for nickle, zinc, and copper have shot up a lot in the past few years. Guess it's time to start making them out of plastic. OR...get rid of them.

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