Analysis Of New York Times Jeff Sommer's The Ever-Changing Penny

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“Pennies are often stored in jars, thrown in water fountains or refused as change”-Penny wise or 2.4 cents foolish by New York's Times Jeff Sommer. The information that will be used in this argumentative essay will be gathered from New York Times Jeff Sommer article called “penny wise or 2.4 cents foolish”, “Give a penny save the day” written by Ted Waterhouse, and last but not least “The Ever-Changing Penny” by Maria Story. All these articles are About why pennies should stay in our life or should be gone for good. Getting rid of pennies is necessary because they are a waste not only because in any corner of your house they can be found as well as on the streets in your neighborhood and they are not used as much that is why getting …show more content…

In article “Penny wise or 2.4 cents foolish” by New York's Times Jeff Sommer they provide evidence in what will mentioned in the following sentences of this paragraph. When your going out and you need to pay the coin machines you usually might put in quarters, dimes ,and nickels because they might give you the most time and pennies might not even give you more than a minute there usually refuses in those machines as well. These low cents are usually found under beds, fountains, floors, between choushes or literally anywhere in your home. You get the idea don't you with all these cents everywhere making our environment look gross and unclean pennies should just be taken away people should collect all there pennies put them in bags and take them down to the nearest bank so they can be melted and got for …show more content…

According to the article “Penny wise or 2.4 cents foolish” by New York's Times Jeff Sommer states that plenty of other countries has gotten dropped there lowest coin such as Australia, New Zealand,Brasil,Finland,and so many more and by a look of that they are doing fine. Getting rid of there low cents might have helped making their home look better and not having random coins everywhere. Pennies will not me missed it might make our living cycle better such as when they where burly made they had meaning because back in the day they didn't have so much money so the penny was very important to those that needed or had money but now money has become larger such as the 100 dollar bill or the 5$. Many people don't even have cent anymore or even bills most us a credit card so that they don't have to carry “change” That is why low cents will not be missed because they are unimportant now inn days and should just be gone once and for

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