Penny Argumentative Essay

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The one-cent piece that has been in used in the United States society for over two hundred years is commonly known as the penny. Overtime, it has changed appearance and values multiple times. By values, that does not just mean the importance of it to people, but how much it cost to produce. Even though, the penny has been apart of the United States for generations, the production of the coin should be discontinued because of the production cost and value to most people.
First and foremost, the manufacturing of the penny should be put to a halt because of the value to create it. In the New York Times article, “Penny Wise, or 2.4 Cents Foolish?” by Jeff Sommer, he acknowledges the fact that the mint (the industrial facility that manufactures …show more content…

This means, how people actually use pennies. According to newspaper article, “Give a Penny-Save the Day!” by Ted Waterhouse, 8th grader Michael Cooper informed, “If you asked for my quarters, I would have said ‘no’ because I use them for video games. Pennies don’t really matter much…” The interview response gives intel that to people, pennies are somewhat worthless. The one cent is not as valuable or useful as to the quarter or any other coin. Americans still have many pennies already developed in their country, but it is not valuable enough to them to want to have more. Additionally, Jeff Sommer of New York Times article, “Penny Wise, or 2.4 Cents Foolish?” tells from Jim Flarherty, the Canadian finance minister that, “Pennies take up to much space on our dressers at home...We often store them in jars, throw them away in water fountains, or refuse them as change” (Sommer). In other words, people usually find small ways to use the coin just to get rid of them. They are not thrilled to see 10 pennies for change or the coin lying around all over their houses. The one cent coin is worth so little that Americans don’t bother to use them at all. In all, people find pennies useless making it unneeded to continue developing the …show more content…

For example, in New York Times article written by Jeff Sommer, “Penny Wise or 2.4 Cents Foolish?” he states, “they may want to keep using them indefinitely, and they can…” (Sommer). To explain, people who have grown attached to the penny are still able to use them in everyday life. The penny is not banned forever. The point of the stopped production of the penny is not stop creating an unnecessary amount of them. The author also states, “Electronic transactions will continue to include cents, while retail sales will be rounded up or down” (Sommer). To explain, if a cup of coffee is $2.01 cents than it would be rounded down to $2, while if something is $9.03 dollars then it would be rounded up to $9.05. This will benefit the people who would rather not have multiple pennies given to them as change. Instead nickels, dimes, and quarters will be used during transaction. But, people are still able to use pennies if they pleased. This idea of rounding up and down will help during payment so people don’t have to pay the few extra cents. The government is finding simple ways to prevent the use of pennies but are not banning them for good, making it unnecessary to continue

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