Common Sense or Otherwise

It's been talked about for years and yet no one in Congress seems to be able to act on this very easy cost saving measure.   It costs more to mint pennies than they are worth.  Way more.

Nice article this morning from the PBS Newshour's Paul Solman that you can read here but this video is entertaining and to the point:

Dash off a quick email to your representatives in Congress about the "cents" of ending pennies.  This should be a no-brainer, fps, so perhaps there is a penny lobby.