While I don’t expect the jerks running the country to do this, because they don’t have the ability to use even a modicum of common sense, here is a suggestion that could save money, eliminate a nuisance for everyone, and help mitigate(maybe only modestly) the shortages in copper, nickel and zinc.

For years, pennies and nickels have been more of a nuisance than offering any value or use.(I doubt little kids still even bother with them) If the government stopped making and issuing them, they would save money. If they recalled all the outstanding ones by just having banks take them in from anyone who wants to turn them in voluntarily, they would gain huge stockpiles of zinc, nickel and copper, from all the old ones before they stopped using it.

Politicians never want to do this because it admits the system has failed and inflation is higher than acknowledged. That ship sailed long ago for both pennies and nickels. Could Biden and Yellen make one move that benefits both the administration and the public? I won’t hold my breath waiting.