Archive for February 6th, 2012
» posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 7:39 pm by Damien Baldino
Regulate food stamps
Should people be allowed to by cupcakes with food stamps?
A Florida legislator is sponsoring a bill which would prevent individuals from purchasing junk food with food stamps. As you can imagine, liberals and the poverty pimps are up in arms. Not surprisingly, food stamps are one of the few things Democrats don’t want to regulate.
I’m against government interference in the personal lives of its citizens, but I strongly favor this legislation. Why? Because the government pays for the food! If individuals who receive food stamps don’t agree with the government restricting their choices, then they are free to stop receiving food stamps, and have full freedom to purchase what they want. Of course, they could also buy healthy food with food stamps and Twinkies with their own money, but I guess they don’t taste as good when they’re not government subsidized.
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» posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 7:24 pm by Damien Baldino
It’s time to change our change
The obverse of the Eisenhower Dollar, which was minted from 1971 to 1978.
Lately, there has been a lot of talk about making changes to U.S. coinage. Some think making changes to the standard line-up of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters is unfathomable, but I think it’s long over-due, and certainly not without precedence. Let’s not forget that at one time, we had 3 cent and 20 cent coins.
I’ve heard several proposals, so I figured I would throw out my own. First, I would get rid of the penny. Inflation has increased prices exponentially over the past several decades, yet we still cling to this miniscule denomination that is a drain on mint resources, and normally ignored by the typical consumer. Think about it: Do you really value a penny?
Many proposals suggest getting rid of the nickel, since it costs so much to make in relation to its face value. I’d actually suggest eliminating the dime before the nickel, since two nickels can substitute for the dime. With that said, this isn’t one of the important changes we need to make. No, the most important change we can make is to get rid of the $1 bill.
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post a comment | filed under Economy · Random Thoughts | tags: Coinage, Coins, Dimes, Dollar Bills, Dollar Coins, Eisenhower Dollars, Nickels, penny, Presidential Dollars, Quarters, Susan B. Anthony Dollars
