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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= The Penny: That’s Just Our $.02 Now that U.S. pennies are more of a nuisance than a useful form of currency, given their ever-so-rapidly evaporating value (no offense, Honest Abe), and now that it <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070815/pennies_lobbying.html?.v=2" title="costs">costs</a> the government nearly two cents to make each penny, why don’t we just toss them altogether? (Hint: It has to do with lobbyists.) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070815_the_penny_thats_just_our_02/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070815_the_penny_thats_just_our_02/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= The Penny: That’s Just Our $.02 Now that U.S. pennies are more of a nuisance than a useful form of currency, given their ever-so-rapidly evaporating value (no offense, Honest Abe), and now that it <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070815/pennies_lobbying.html?.v=2" title="costs">costs</a> the government nearly two cents to make each penny, why don’t we just toss them altogether? (Hint: It has to do with lobbyists.) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070815_the_penny_thats_just_our_02/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070815_the_penny_thats_just_our_02/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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