WolvenSpectre
@WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca
- Comment on America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny 2 weeks ago:
Well except that if you are doing it with cards you have to worry about being skimmed. Here in Canada they have chip and pin but guess who gets stung with purchases 4 out of 5 times when it happens because it doesn’t ask for the pin all the time.
Now if you do it through a smartwatch, phone, or some other device that can’t be skimmed when it isn’t being used, then that is the way to do it.
- Comment on America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny 2 weeks ago:
There are loose plans to do that here in Canada long before that, but nothing solid right now. My guess is they are going to have to move from rounding to the nickel to rounding to the dime and pricing and taxes will have to follow. From when I was a kid a penny and a nickel are worth 1/5th of what they were in purchasing power.
- Comment on America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for this great article. For those who are paywalled you can read it using Archive.IS archive.is/…/worthless-pennies-united-states-econ…