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Posted 12/08/2012 12:40 pm
Earle, so true.
The government spends time money, and manpower trying to do everything for people with handouts, but it's really just money that took from us in the first place! Which means for every dollar we give them, after every person along the way gets a piece of it, then they only have a fraction left to spend on giving back to the people.
And a lot of government handout programs are really wasteful. Foodstamps helps a lot of people, but when I worked at Walmart people came in using their foodstamps for sodas, chips, candies, STARBUCKS frappacinos and it made me so mad that I pay taxes so these people could have luxuries that I can't afford as a college student. Why should they take my money and give it to people my parents age so they can eat like my younger brother?
Back to the topic... I REALLY wish the gov would stop making pennies. In 2011 the gov spent about $70mil making about $30mil worth of pennies.
Oh me, oh my, how could we EVER shrink the deficit?
If the governmet PAID the 0 to 4 cents on every transaction made instead of making pennies, it would still be better for their budget than making the pennies.
Obviously that will never happen. Rounding the total purchase in the favor of the customer when the penny is eventually removed will probably happen. None of that is on the radar yet though....
The government spends time money, and manpower trying to do everything for people with handouts, but it's really just money that took from us in the first place! Which means for every dollar we give them, after every person along the way gets a piece of it, then they only have a fraction left to spend on giving back to the people.
And a lot of government handout programs are really wasteful. Foodstamps helps a lot of people, but when I worked at Walmart people came in using their foodstamps for sodas, chips, candies, STARBUCKS frappacinos and it made me so mad that I pay taxes so these people could have luxuries that I can't afford as a college student. Why should they take my money and give it to people my parents age so they can eat like my younger brother?
Back to the topic... I REALLY wish the gov would stop making pennies. In 2011 the gov spent about $70mil making about $30mil worth of pennies.
Oh me, oh my, how could we EVER shrink the deficit?
If the governmet PAID the 0 to 4 cents on every transaction made instead of making pennies, it would still be better for their budget than making the pennies.
Obviously that will never happen. Rounding the total purchase in the favor of the customer when the penny is eventually removed will probably happen. None of that is on the radar yet though....
