Once a proud coin of the realm, the penny has become a pest. It gets no respect.

And the penny is not even worth one cent anymore. It costs the government nearly four cents to mint one penny.

No wonder President Donald Trump ordered its demise. So in the future, every time it rains it won’t rain “Pennies from Heaven.”

Speaking about loose change, the nickel, dime and quarter will be next on the hit list before you know it. It costs 14 cents, or 14 pennies, to make a nickel, six cents to make a dime, and 15 cents to make a quarter.

And Trump did the penny pinching without Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Democrats fighting to save the penny by shutting the government down over it. He did it without even offering Schumer a penny for his thoughts.

Realistically, “Shutdown Schumer” would have b

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