Don't Blame the Guvment, Blame the People

Like either the US is a democracy, or it aint.  If it is, blame the people, not the government.  If it aint a democracy, blame the government.  Is that simple?   Er whut?

Yes.  Crumby had to go out in public today to purchase a libation.  But as Crumby paid for the libation, the subject of coinage cost came up.  Inevitably coinage is a feature of the cash transaction.  And the lady fixing to collect Crumby's coinage pointed out that a cent costs two cents to make.   Thus, more than hinting that government  is to blame for making pennies that cost two cents.

Not wishing to take a cashier's word for much, Crumby decided to look up the cost of a Lincoln.  Turns out, only briefly did the government charge the taxpayer two cents per penny.  Now, it's only about 1.5 cents per penny.  Or maybe less.  It's like the cost of copper versus zinc.  Who knows?

Yet if Americanoland is a democracy, we could easily control the cost of a penny via the electoral process.  How well does that work?  Huh-huh.

Happily,  paper money is cost effective.  Yes.  Paper money is so cost effective that it can easily make up for the cost of many pennies.  Even, pennies from heaven.