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America Needs the Penny Now More Than Ever - Coggle Diagram
America Needs the Penny Now More Than Ever
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civility in America is on the ropes
People are scared
trouble even sharing a sidewalk without finding disagreements.
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There are all sorts of delightful activities that simply cannot happen without a healthy supply of circulated pennies
Flattening them as a souvenir
Spending hours rolling them) into small paper cylinders
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.
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most Americans want pennies to stick around
More than two-thirds of Americans (68%) want to keep the penny
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buy a handful of candy, a couple of pieces of gum, or a bottle of Coke for just a few pennies
, times have changed
money has changed along with them.
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.
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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.
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how on Earth, can Americans spare some change for the needy if the penny goes away?
the penny can’t change the world, but in New York, school children collected 100 million pennies for charity
that equals a million dollars
it was put into display in Rockefeller Center for a month before it was delivered to various charities.
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so many of America’s key institutions and cultural pillars in decay—or worse
not the time to make war on America's coinage
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a silly time to think about the penny
, the penny matters now, more than ever.