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It costs more than a penny to make a penny. There are powerful lobbyists for the zinc (the main metal in a penny) industry making sure that the penny stays in circulation. Why? Because pennies are the #1 market for zinc and your tax dollars pay all the bills. Same with the nickel and the nickel industry, coins are being made at a cost of more then they're worth so that a resource that has very little value can be forced onto the American people for huge profits. We are suckers, all of us.

Want teachers to make more money? Get rid of teachers unions and tenure, causing school districts to pay top dollar for the top teachers. Teachers do the bare minimum to stay employed until tenure kicks in, then run out of fucks to give. If you think this is not true, you're lying to yourself. "But not all teachers-" Fuck you, all teachers are indoctrinated into a system that rewards the status quo, the fruits are the same no matter the work and eventuality motivation dies. A thousand in, one out. One in, one out. It's all the same. There is no job reward for being a better teacher, just like there is no drawback for being a bad one.