Musk Targets U.S. Penny Manufacturing
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Elon Musk's DOGE has a new target for cutting federal spending: getting rid of the U.S. penny

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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency wants to trim federal spending.
The penny costs about 3 cents to make and cost U.S. taxpayers $179 million in FY2023 .
DOGE is taking aim at the penny's costliness, which has only grown over the past several years .
Other nations have ditched their equivalent of the penny .
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