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Originally Posted by cindyj99

I'd rather carry around $ coins if that means saving millions and millions of dollars each year than cut another dollar for education and food for the needy to balance the budget.

i prefer to carry four $1 bills since they are lighter than four $1 coins; and because no one is advocating cutting any amount of money '...for education and food for the needy to balance the budget.'

regardless of the expense to the treasury dept, there is a more extensive/expensive impact on all of the businesses that would have to conform to the use of a coin rather than paper...and which cost would probably be quickly passed to consumers...from the article:
'Cash-intensive businesses would have to modify vending machines, cash register drawers and night depository equipment to accept $1 coins. Over the longer term, some businesses would have to buy coin counting and coin wrapping machines. Others would bear higher transportation and storage costs because of the heavier and bulkier coins. '