ATLANTA — Now that the government isn’t making pennies anymore, Georgia lawmakers are planning to round cash transactions to the nearest nickel.
The penny proposal makes sense, said Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome.
“It’s pretty simple,” Hufstetler said. “You round up or down to the nearest 5 or 10. It all evens out.”
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