Elon Musk’s DOGE has a new cost-cutting target: the U.S. penny
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target in its sights for trimming federal spending: the U.S. penny. In Tuesday X post, Musk’s DOGE wrote that the U.S. spends about 3 cents to mint each penny, which, of course, is only valued at 1 cent. “The penny costs over 3 cents to