Ever see a dollar coin?

The current Presidential $1 coins have been minted since 2007. The dollar coin has recently been thrown back into the spotlight by NPR after it’s reporting of the waste created by unused coins.  But, contrary to NPR’s opinion, by eliminating the $1 paper dollar and switching our currency to use to the $1 coin, the US gov’t would save $184 million annually and $5.5 over 30 years. How does this work?

The $1 bill costs approx 5.5¢ to print with the average note lasting only 1.5 to 3.5 years before it’s shredded and thrown in a landfill.
The $1 coin costs approx 8¢ to mint, but could last to 30 years in circulation and is recyclable at the end of its life.

The total elimination of the paper $1 bill would save the Federal government billions in the long run. Of course in the first couple of years it would not make much of an impact, but that’s not exactly the $14 trillion dollar question we are worried about. Besides does it not make more sense to create savings in simple currency rather than $200 million out of social security, national defense or having to raise taxes? Why not switch?

The GAO’s report can be found here: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11281.pdf

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“John McCain’s Health Care Plan.

First we learn he’s going to tax health care benefits to pay for part of it. Now the Wall Street Journal reports John McCain would pay for the rest of his health care plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid: $882 billion from Medicare alone, requiring cuts in benefits and eligibility or both. John McCain — taxing health benefits — cutting Medicare. We can’t afford John McCain.

I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.”

Fast forward 18 months, and Obama has signed into law the Exact. Same. Thing. this attack ad falsely claimed John McCain’s health care plan would do. The ObamaCare law has not only cut a half trillion dollars from Medicaid, but has instituted a tax on high cost health care plans (see Cadillac tax).

This attack ad is pure hypocritical gold for Republicans, and must be resurrected immediately.

Meet GoodSearch.com, a Yahoo! powered search engine that gives when you search. For each search inquiry, approximately 1.3 cents is given to a nonprofit of your choosing. Coupled with the search engine is a charity named GoodShop.com. For every purchase at one of their affiliates (of which there are 1,000+), you will also generate a donation to a nonprofit relative to the size of your purchase. I know it does not sound like a lot, but even when a handful of people begin using the search, it has the potential to generate a lot of funds.

So where does this tie into RedState? Believe it or not, most conservative advocacy groups have nonprofit affiliates that have signed up to work with GoodSearch.

Among them are; Americans for Prosperity Foundation, American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Cato Institute, Right to Life National Committee and chapters, Club for Growth State Action, Judicial Watch, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Conservative Caucus, the Federalist Society and many more.

I’m sure these organizations, as well as the ones I have not included, would love for you to make a habit of using GoodSearch.