Benefits Of Keeping The Penny

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Do you think the penny is worth keeping? Is the penny actually worth something? I think we should keep using the penny. The first reason to keep the penny is that Americans have an emotional attachment to the penny. ⅔ of American adults want to keep the penny. That’s over half of America wants to keep the penny. The exact amount is 67% of Americans want to keep the penny. Another reason we should keep using pennies is they honor Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln is one of our most honored president who gets to be on the penny which means taking the penny away would dishonor him. My final reason to keep pennies is that pennies keep prices low. If we don’t have the penny, then we will have to round up to the nearest nickel. Imagine paying for a

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