For over a month now the government has been advertising on TV and radio about the new dollar coins. They are trying to get people to use the coins instead of dollar bills. You see the cost of printing dollar bills is around 30 million dollar and they print them every other year. The average dollar bill lasts only 13 months. The coins on the other hand would cost about 90 million to make but last about 100 years so the savings would be huge and start saving the government money in only a couple years.
Now don’t get me wrong I think the coin is a good idea as it would save the government a lot of money and also be good for the environment. The problem is that banks and businesses do not like the coins as they take up more room and weigh a lot more then bills and the general population do not like coins. I know I don’t and try to get rid of them so I don’t have to carry them in my pocket so as long as there are bills I will use them instead.
Now the money they are spending on advertising the coins is not going to change the way people view dollars. We will continue to use the bills because they are what we know and like. It is a big waste of tax payer money when it could be used for more important things.
It is time that our elected officials stand up and do their jobs. They are so busy trying to keep their jobs and those huge pay checks. Weather people like the coins or not is not the important part. The coin makes sense. It saves the government money now and in the future and is better for the environment. Part of being an elected official is to make the hard decisions for the good of all the people and do what’s right for the environment. They need to just stop printing dollar bills and make the switch to coins.
Yes people will not be happy about it but they will adapt to the coins and in a few years coins will become normal. It’s time our elected officials forget about being re-elected and do their job. They get paid to make the hard and sometimes unpopular decisions. If they are unwilling to do this then we should replace them with someone who can.
