Siggy's Blurbs: Siggy's Edge of Country …

Times have certainly changed.  I had to look really hard in the store to buy chocolate with the sum of fifty cents.  It was difficult to find anything I could buy with that amount.

I remember candy stores in my childhood and candy that could actually be purchased with a penny.  Even bazooka gum costs more than a penny today.  I have not looked lately but the last time I checked it was at least a nickel.

In fact, it cost the government more than one penny to manufacture one penny.  To me, that makes no sense to excuse the pun.  In fact, if you eliminate the sales tax you really would not have any further use for a penny.  Pennies then would become dinosaurs.

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