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Comment by philistine

7 hours ago

I don't want to be glib, but hey what the hey. This is how you can see that the United States is in decline; it can no longer discontinue a coin through legislation.

Congress seems like the most dysfunctional branch of government going on a couple decades now.

They poll worse than the most unpopular presidents

  • > They poll worse than the most unpopular presidents

    I would expect this to be the case generally since congress is at all times 99.5% people who you have no say in electing/recalling.

The last time America discontinued a coin legislatively was the half cent about 150 years ago. That's a pretty long decline.