2008-11-16T14:10:48Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/dollars-and-sensetag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/389/14762008-11-16T14:10:48ZPhil<p>We could save trillions if we</p> <ol> <li>Got the heck out of Iraq</li> </ol> <p>and</p> <ol> <li>Stopped bailing out incompetantly managed banks, car manufacturers, etc ......</li> </ol>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/389/14752008-11-16T00:05:16ZStephan<p>I think he means that for longer parking you could chuck in, say, two dollars and a quarter instead of nine quarters. People will still carry quarters, just not as many.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/389/14742008-11-15T16:31:34ZJon Daley<p>I don't follow his logic that I would replace dollar coins with quarters for the parking meters? That sounds like a bad idea - the cost for parking meters will go up since no one carries quarters? Sometimes I put a bunch of change in a meter, but much more often is 25 or 50 cents (and that is the only reason I have any coins - using Porter's trick of the 35mm film canister in the car, though we found it more useful to put quarters than dollars)</p> <p>I thought the one commenter who said (among other things that probably aren't true) that minting new coins all the time is a waste - is there a good reason (besides collecting) to continually make new coins, rather than just print more old ones? What is the cost difference between minting old ones versus minting new ones?</p> <p>How much money would we save if we stopped printing all pennies?</p>