A penny for your thoughts, but a nickel will cost you seven cents

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Scott

Fun fact that will only further incense the already penny-hating, fellow Civic Alert writer Curt Baker: a penny costs the United States government 1.26 cents to make.  And the nickel?  That’ll cost you 7.7 cents.  That’s right, we’re losing 2.7 cents on every nickel we make.  That’ll build up after awhile.  Copper, nickel and zinc [...]

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What the primaries are for

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Graison

No penchant for complimenting here
The Economist’s leader on the Democratic primary season has an excerpt your writer would like to share.
The other point of the primary system is to see what somebody is like under pressure, and to measure their presidential character. Mrs Clinton, for instance, has stood out, thus far at least, by her [...]

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