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America Needs the Penny Now More Than Ever - Coggle Diagram
America Needs the Penny Now More Than Ever
Polling has consistently shown over the years that most Americans want pennies to stick around.
More than two-thirds of Americans (68%) want to keep the penny, according to a poll released by Americans for Common Cents (ACC).
Let’s keep the penny
With so much anxiety in the financial markets and fear among people about the future, why would we get rid of something that works?
think of it as an investment in our national character.
conculsion
Now is not the time to make a war on America's coinage.
Many of America’s key institutions and cultural pillars in decay—or worse
Times have changed and money has changed along with them.
When your grandparents were kids, they could buy a handful of candy, a couple of pieces of gum, or a bottle of Coke for just a few pennies.
With the trend toward cashless businesses and Apple Pay and other currency-free acts of commerce, it's fair to wonder if the next generation of youth would even be aware of the beautiful brown sight that is a freshly-minted American penny.
There are all sorts of delightful activities that simply cannot happen without a healthy supply of circulated pennies.
Flattening them as a souvenir in those big tourist-attraction machines.
Spending hours rolling them into small paper cylinders.
And of course, discovering a stray penny in your pocket that is perfect for flinging into a nearby fountain with a twinkle in your eye and a wish in your heart.
How can americans spare someone change for the needy if the penny goes away?
It might seem like the penny can’t change the world, but in New York, school children collected 100 million pennies for charity.
If your math is a little rusty, that equals a million dollars.
The penny collection was so splendid that it was put into display in Rockefeller Center for a month before it was delivered to various charities.
People are scared and divided
Some people have trouble even sharing a sidewalk without finding disagreements.
Intro
It might seem like a silly time to think about the penny, but the penny matters now more than ever.
the one-cent coin everyone has too many of or doesn't know what to do with or finds too filthy to actually hold in their hands.