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by JumpCrisscross 919 days ago
> by complaints that the government was meddling too much in the familiar and somehow ripping people off

It would be about inflation. Just as only Nixon could go to China, it's probably only Republican initiative that can nix the penny--they could brand it as thriftiness.

Unfortunately, zinc is mined in red states and districts [1]. A President would have to lead the charge.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_mining_in_the_United_Stat...