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America Needs the Penny Now More Than Ever - Coggle Diagram
America Needs the Penny Now More Than Ever
main idea intro. America needs the penny.
tiny one cent that people know and love.
main idea 5. 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.
main idea 3. With so many of America’s key institutions and cultural pillars in decay—or worse—now is not the time to make war on America's coinage.
I don't know about you, but when I raise children in this country, I'd at least like to be able to point to the 16th president of the United States of America and recall what true patriotism meant
main idea 7. 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).
main idea 8. With so much anxiety in the financial markets and fear among people about the future, why would we get rid of something that works?
Let’s keep the penny; think of it as an investment in our national character.
main idea 2. At this point, civility in America is on the ropes.
People are scared and divided and have trouble even sharing a sidewalk without finding disagreements.
With all of that going on, it might seem like a silly time to think about the penny, 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.
main idea 4. However, times have changed, and money has changed along with them.
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.
main idea 6. It might seem like the penny can’t change the world but it can.
, 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.