Dear Mr. President,

This is a copy of my suggestion posted on Face Book.



Would 48 million dollars, per year and per state, help remedy, or solve the problem of elementary schools being CLOSED in several states? If so, here's my solution.

The US Mint spends 2.4 BILLION dollars pressing pennies every year. Each penny cost 2.4 cents to produce, and is worthless. If every CASH sale was rounded up or down to the nearest nickel. KILL the PENNY and give 48 million dollars to each of the 50 states, and SAVE the most important thing for our future - The MINDS of OUR CHILDREN. The very beginning of our future, is kids learning good basic learning habits. I welcome ALL of your comments. Thanks,

Richard L. Picone

rlpicone@gmail.com