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Mint vs. Stupid, Round 3
Nov. 20th, 2006 11:00 amTry #1: Miserable failure due to design considerations.
Try #2: Miserable failure due to design considerations and underestimating demand.
Try #3: "I've got it! We'll deal with distribution issues, but ignore the pink elephant in the living room that's doing the can-can on the coffee table and stick with our original design."
Who I'm I talking about? I'll tell ya who I'm talking about. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm talking about the United States Mint. You know, the people who have evidently gotten it into their heads again that introducing a dollar coin that's the same size and shape as the previous two would be a good idea. Now I tell ya, I actually agree with them on this one, but I can't say they're being the brightest bulb about the whole deal. If you're gonna do it, you gotta do it. Get rid of the dollar bill, or make the coin a bit different than the rest. Hell, you can even do both, though it ain't strictly necessary. Personally, I like the shape of the round pound the most; feels like it has value. I can see the argument of 'letting the people decide' on it, I mean, that's not how we got the Interstates or the Hoover Dam, but I can see it. I'm figuring that it saves money, and it means that I don't have to go reaching for a sheaf of bills every time I go out and want to get something that costs me more than a buck-fifty.
To wind it up, if I could walk up to the US Mint and tell them what's on my mind, I'd probably tell them that they had to grow a pair of whatever they might need and tell the vending machine people to roll up their sleeves and get to work.
Dollar coins. They just make sense.
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Try #2: Miserable failure due to design considerations and underestimating demand.
Try #3: "I've got it! We'll deal with distribution issues, but ignore the pink elephant in the living room that's doing the can-can on the coffee table and stick with our original design."
Who I'm I talking about? I'll tell ya who I'm talking about. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm talking about the United States Mint. You know, the people who have evidently gotten it into their heads again that introducing a dollar coin that's the same size and shape as the previous two would be a good idea. Now I tell ya, I actually agree with them on this one, but I can't say they're being the brightest bulb about the whole deal. If you're gonna do it, you gotta do it. Get rid of the dollar bill, or make the coin a bit different than the rest. Hell, you can even do both, though it ain't strictly necessary. Personally, I like the shape of the round pound the most; feels like it has value. I can see the argument of 'letting the people decide' on it, I mean, that's not how we got the Interstates or the Hoover Dam, but I can see it. I'm figuring that it saves money, and it means that I don't have to go reaching for a sheaf of bills every time I go out and want to get something that costs me more than a buck-fifty.
To wind it up, if I could walk up to the US Mint and tell them what's on my mind, I'd probably tell them that they had to grow a pair of whatever they might need and tell the vending machine people to roll up their sleeves and get to work.
Dollar coins. They just make sense.
paidforbythedollarcoinsforabettertomorrowfoundation
"My name is Elias K. Mangosteen, and I approve this message."
