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Season 7 of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel showed this in action (I still enjoy reruns of Dirty Jobs) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dirty_Jobs_episodes#...
Here's some video - not sure if it's that episode or something different. https://youtu.be/9IqHCVRbidA
MONEY LAUNDERING AT THE WESTIN ST. FRANCIS
Change doesn't make sense today. Comparing the value of a penny in 1900 it would be worth $0.31 today. Therefore we should get rid of pennies, nickles, and dimes. It is a huge waste of human time to count these small denominations out. They should round up to the nearest $0.25 https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1900?amount=0.01
Yes, that means new coins, but the coins the way they are are less and less useful every year. At some point we'll have to make a change.
Change doesn't make sense today. Comparing the value of a penny in 1900 it would be worth $0.31 today. Therefore we should get rid of pennies, nickles, and dimes. It is a huge waste of human time to count these small denominations out. They should round up to the nearest $0.25 https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1900?amount=0.01
Each item rounds up. If you shop for food at the dollar-ish store, $1.01 now goes to $1.25. A 14 to 24% price increase that will disproportionately affect lower socioeconomic people. As someone who lived not so long ago when literally saving a dime mattered, no thank you.
On a more typical $10 purchase it wouldn't have much effect.
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Each item rounds up. If you shop for food at the dollar-ish store, $1.01 now goes to $1.25. A 14 to 24% price increase that will disproportionately affect lower socioeconomic people. As someone who lived not so long ago when literally saving a dime mattered, no thank you.
If you’re comfortable with not being precise to half pennies or $0.001, then there is likely a unit that you feel is equitable to round to, and the question is what unit that should be. As rounding will favor you as often as it works against you (assuming it’s not heavily gamed), there should be a unit that people trait as fair. As that choice has remained the same regardless of inflation, it might be fair to say we…
Even in 1857 $0.005 was worth way way more than even a quarter is today. Probably more than a dollar. (Actual inflation gets a bit hard to track going back that far).
Along with the coins, the burnisher is filled with water, bird shot to knock the dirt off, and a healthy pour of 20 Mule Team Borax soap Isn't bird shot typically made from lead? Are they coating the coins with lead?
Change doesn't make sense today. Comparing the value of a penny in 1900 it would be worth $0.31 today. Therefore we should get rid of pennies, nickles, and dimes. It is a huge waste of human time to count these small denominations out. They should round up to the nearest $0.25 https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1900?amount=0.01
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It may be banned in certain areas but lead shot is still sold: https://www.cabelas.com/category/104567580.uts?CQ_view=list&... https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Lead-Shot-2-25-Pound/dp/B001QV... And some bans have been reversed: New U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday issued an order overturning an Obama administration ban on the controversial use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle used on federal lands and…
I'm guessing most ammo being used isn't for hunting, it's for target shooting. Lead ammo is still legal for that (and ranges can make some decent money by sifting through their berms and recycling the lead). Kind of a moot point, but I don't think Cabela's has any locations in California, and they stopped shipping here after Prop 63
No, but Bass Pro Shop is all over, and bought Cabela's a few years back.
Change doesn't make sense today. Comparing the value of a penny in 1900 it would be worth $0.31 today. Therefore we should get rid of pennies, nickles, and dimes. It is a huge waste of human time to count these small denominations out. They should round up to the nearest $0.25 https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1900?amount=0.01
Personally I think we should just have 1 decimal digit, instead of two. Yes, that means new coins, but the coins the way they are are less and less useful every year. At some point we'll have to make a change.
Still too granular IMO. If a penny is worth 1/31th of what it used to be, we should drop it and go to quarters.