| How Canada will get rid of the penny and why they're better off with out it. **NEW: T-Shirts now for sale!** Help support making more videos: goo.gl Here's my previous video on pennies youtu.be & also John's rant on the topic: youtu.be Help me make videos faster: blog.cgpgrey.com Canadian MP Pat Martin (patmartin.ndp.ca said it best: "There's 30 billion pennies in circulation and every year they were minting a billion more. It was just a no-brainer, slam dunk, that it's a place where we could save some money. They cost more to produce than they are worth, nobody likes them, they have no commercial value." You can read the details about Canada's plan to withdraw the Penny from circulation here: www.budget.gc.ca If you're a super geek there is an interesting report about the inefficiencies in the economy caused by the Canadian penny here: www.desjardins.com An interesting bit is the following: "In truth, the 'artificial' demand for small-denomination coins is rising primarily because merchants and financial institutions have to constantly add new coins to the retail distribution system due to a shortage caused not by commercial or economic factors but rather by the fact that consumers do not put their small-denomination coins back into circulation. The hoarded coins do not circulate and are not used for any productive purposes. Moreover, most people cannot be bothered to take the time to count, roll and deposit these coins so that financial institutions can put them back ... |
