Marine Patrol Seeking Recruits - Summer 2013

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by secondcurve

I understand how percentages can result in odd numbers, I am just surprised they don't round to the nearest nickel. As far as your last comment, this logic is what will drive this country to ruin. The end result of such thinking is the rich become less rich and the poor become destitute.

The government won't allow to round to the nearest nickel because it would show disrespect to Abraham Lincoln who is on the penny. Also Lincoln was from Illinois, and Illinois is a critically important state in U.S. elections.