pile of pennies looking for the correct amount of change. To get rid of the mess and frustration you have to get rid of pennies. Although pennies are messy it is still a debate on whether the penny should be used in United States currency. Pennies are such a nuisance‚ businesses are losing money over them. Retailers want to make money not lose it on pointless coins. Stated from source number two‚” counting pennies could add up to over $700 million per year nationwide.” Counting pennies is such
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How Important is the Penny? The one-cent coin‚ commonly known as the penny‚ was made legal by the Coinage Act of 1864. On the penny that we carry in our pockets‚ is the face of the 16th President of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the years‚ the penny has helped shape our culture‚ by giving us sayings and idioms‚ such as ¨a penny for your thoughts¨ and ¨not one red cent”. Over the years‚ the penny has seen many things‚ yet now a conflict has arisen: Should the United States keep producing
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It is also the people within communities that could and should help raise awareness and support of the promotion of stopping the death penalty. As much as making people aware of the problem and having their support to abolish the death penalty would help because ultimately it is the people that are voting for or against the death penalty. We already have abolished the death penalty in seventeen states and we have done so with the people voting against the death penalty
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dogs housed at the shelters. The campaign ("Pennies for Pets") creates awareness of the Society’s mission and passion for our funy friends. The Society depends on the annual fund raiser to maintain the shelters‚ provide food and medical care for the orphaned cats and dogs in our community. The Society relies on local businesses‚ individuals‚ and students to solicit donations and promote the annual campaign. This year’s fund raiser was a huge success. Pennies for Pets created a strong liaison between
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Pascal Emmanuel-Gobry is not afraid to share his opinion about prison in his article‚ “Abolish prison.” Right from the start he throws his opinion in his reader’s face by saying prison is possibly the “most astonishingly stupid and inhuman way to punish crime.” Pascal’s article not only expresses his opinion on why prisons are so inhumane‚ but it also provides alternatives that could be taken in case all prisons did fall off the face of the Earth. According to Pascal‚ prisons are the “enemy of rehabilitation”
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The Electoral College Before the tense and puzzling presidential election in 2000‚ many people thought the Electoral College was a place of education. Most people now know that it is not a place‚ but a process of how the President of the United States of America is elected. The Presidential Election of 2000 helped inform Americans that our President is not elected by the popular vote‚ but through the process of the Electoral College (Ballaro). The Electoral College has existed since the beginning
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Should the United States Abolish the Federal Reserve System? The Federal Reserve System was instituted on December 23rd‚ 1913 by an act of Congress and serves as the central bank of the United States (“Federal Reserve System”). It is made up of twelve Reserve Banks with its headquarters in Washington D.C. The Board of Governors consists of seven members and two of them are designated and confirmed Chairman and Vice Chairman. The Chairman and Vice Chairman serve for four year terms while the other
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A Proposal to Abolish Grading is a piece by Paul Goodman who raises many important questions about the current educational system inducted by the majority of universities. In this essay I will be both analyzing and evaluating this piece and what it’s purposes to the best of my ability. I think that the most important question or thesis of this piece is the question of would it be beneficial to eliminate the current process of grading at a few prestigious universities. Is this a logical I idea and
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Should the U.S. Government Keep the Penny in Circulation? Annoying cashiers was something my siblings and I did quite unintentionally as kids. Down the block from the street we lived on‚ there was a little convenience store that sold Italian ices‚ ice cream bars‚ and a variety of assorted goodies; on hot summer days‚ we would gather what little change we could find in the couch cushions and pay for our selected treats with pennies‚ nickels‚ dimes‚ and‚ if the cashier was lucky‚ quarters. That was
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We‚ the undersigned‚ are petitioning Congress and President George W. Bush to abolish the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" Act. We feel that high stakes testing is no longer being used for assessment purposes. These tests are now being used for the sole determination of graduation. Our classrooms are turning into testing prep centers. This testing has become a substitute for the curriculum instead of simply a measure of it. The President and Congress claim they want "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND". They have
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