07/20/2009
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"This is a matter I have followed for over a decade, and I must say I think the proposal to replace all dollar bills with dollar coins doesn't make any more sense today than it did 10 years ago."
"This 3-to-2 ratio would increase seigniorage interest savings a lot more than the increase in the cost of producing the coins."
"So we have a change in the monetary medium of exchange imposed by government where dollar bills are withdrawn from circulation and replaced by dollar coins and the gain to government is wholly due to ..."
"I don't think the Federal Government should be taking away the choice from consumers whether they hold their cash in coins or dollars, and the public agrees with that position."