F Dollar Coins. No Wonder This Country is Beyond Broke
NPR– We recently reported on the the government’s failed effort to persuade Americans to use dollar coins. But the coins have found at least one group of fans: Travel enthusiasts who buy thousands of dollar coins with credit cards that award frequent-flier miles for purchases. Once in possession of the coins shipped to them by the government for free they can deposit them into their bank accounts and pay off the credit card bills. The result: a free ticket to anywhere.
That’s it. I’m moving to fucking Sweeden because this country is out of control. Whose idiotic idea was it to use dollar coins. Dudes don’t want to carry around coins. The only time I see them is in train station vending machines. That’s it.
But that’s not what I’m ranting about. We actually have a program that promotes the distribution f this crap? So you mean to tell me I can blow my entire credit card limit on these shits and get rewards points? Fuck man, something is wrong here. Not only does this country waste money because it costs more to make a coin vs a piece of paper, but they have to ship them? What the hell is this crap! Smells like a waste to me…
One time, Danny tried paying for a beer with dollar coins and the bartender fucking threw us right out of the bar. Legit kicked out. That’s how pissed off she got. Straight up insult. f that noise.
Rio says:
Coins cost more to mint, but they last a much longer time. The basic idea is you shouldn’t be carrying a fat stack of ones anyway, so the dollar coins aren’t a hindrance.