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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Umm ✹🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Cuba: Critical mass?
Date: 05/17/26 8:09 PM
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"Oh! I got this. I made a list of policies of this administration I endorse:

1. Got rid of the penny
2. [TBD]"


What is so terrible is that even when doing something I agree with, the Trump administration does it in the most incompetent way possible.

The way they got rid of the penny has been an utter disaster. All they really did was just stopped making them. They still exist and are still legal tender. No legislation was passed, no rules were created on how to handle pricing, no rules were created on how to handle existing pennies. As a result, retailers and banks have had to deal with all sorts of chaos. They have had dual pricing, emergency pricing, etc. Low level cashiers having to decide what to do when they run out of pennies and a customer pays in cash and is owed $1.13 change. Even the most simple processes (such as balancing the books by counting down the drawer at night) has been thrown into chaos because of the incompetence of the administration.

Getting rid of the penny was a popular idea for years. It wouldn't have been that hard to actually pass legislation and had an honest straightforward approach to handling getting rid of the penny. It would have been a popular move and easily gotten congressional votes (likely bipartisan votes). The administration could not do that though because they are incompetent.
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