Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Some Common Sense
(I bet you thought I was going to type cents, huh?)
We should abolish the penny.
However, I think Mr. Safire, in making his point, misleads a bit. He says that the US is one of the last industrialized nations to still have such a low denomination coin. He says that the French and English are laughing all the way to the bank about our penny. However, he fails to point out that there are one and two cent Euro coins. While these coins are technically not the currency of one nation, they are part of the currency that France uses (aside--I kind of find the 2 cent Euro to be quite cool. Why can't we bring the 2 dollar bill back?)
So, while we should abolish the penny, we should also avoid making exaggerations and misleading omissions when making the argument.
We should abolish the penny.
However, I think Mr. Safire, in making his point, misleads a bit. He says that the US is one of the last industrialized nations to still have such a low denomination coin. He says that the French and English are laughing all the way to the bank about our penny. However, he fails to point out that there are one and two cent Euro coins. While these coins are technically not the currency of one nation, they are part of the currency that France uses (aside--I kind of find the 2 cent Euro to be quite cool. Why can't we bring the 2 dollar bill back?)
So, while we should abolish the penny, we should also avoid making exaggerations and misleading omissions when making the argument.
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