埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk

在唐納德·特朗普總統簽署了一項行政命令後，週二正式成為政府的一員，杜格（Doge消除。

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, is exploring ways to reduce government spending. One potential target is the penny.

由埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）領導的政府效率部（DOGE）正在探索減少政府支出的方法。一個潛在的目標是一分錢。

DOGE, which became an official part of the government on Tuesday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order, posted on X that producing the penny is costing American taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. This suggests that the penny may be one of the items that DOGE considers eliminating.

唐納德·特朗普總統簽署了一項行政命令後，杜格（Doge）於週二成為政府的官方一部分，他在X上發表了一分錢，該公司的生產損失了美國納稅人數千萬美元。這表明一分錢可能是要淘汰的項目之一。

Musk's initiative, which aims to cut $2 trillion in federal spending, does not directly state that the penny will be eliminated. However, it highlights that the cost of producing the penny is three times higher than its actual value.

馬斯克的倡議旨在削減2萬億美元的聯邦支出，並沒有直接指出將消除一分錢。但是，它強調，生產一分錢的成本是其實際價值的三倍。

According to the U.S. Mint, each penny cost 3.69 cents to produce in fiscal year 2024, costing taxpayers $119 million. This marks the 19th consecutive year in which the production cost of the penny exceeded its face value.

根據美國造幣廠的說法，在2024財政年度，每一分錢的價格為3.69美分，使納稅人耗資1.19億美元。這標誌著一分錢的生產成本連續第19年超過其面值。

The penny was one of the first coins produced by the U.S. Mint after its establishment in 1792. When it was first introduced, the penny was larger and made entirely of copper. Today's smaller penny is primarily composed of zinc, according to the U.S. Mint.

一分錢是美國造幣廠於1792年建立之後生產的第一批硬幣之一。當首次引入時，一分錢更大，完全由銅製成。根據美國造幣廠的說法，今天的小便士主要由鋅組成。

For comparison, the Canadian government removed the penny from its coinage system in 2012 due to inflation eroding its purchasing power.

為了進行比較，加拿大政府由於通貨膨脹侵蝕了其購買力，於2012年從其造幣系統中刪除了一分錢。

“The penny's burden to the economy has increased over time in relation to its value as a payment method,” the government's 2012 Economic Action Plan stated.

政府2012年的經濟行動計劃說：“隨著時間的推移，一分錢的負擔隨著其作為付款方式的價值而增加。”

The penny had only retained about one-twentieth of its original purchasing power at the time.

一分錢當時僅保留了其原始購買力的二十分之一。

“Some Canadians now consider the penny to be more of an annoyance than a useful coin due to its decreasing purchasing value,” the report noted.

報告指出：“現在，一些加拿大人認為，由於購買價值的降低，一分錢比有用的硬幣更令人討厭。”

According to the U.S. Mint, each penny cost 3.69 cents to produce in fiscal year 2024, costing taxpayers $119 million. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images) / Getty Images)

根據美國造幣廠的說法，在2024財政年度，每一分錢的價格為3.69美分，使納稅人耗資1.19億美元。 （蒂姆·博伊爾 /蓋蒂圖像） /蓋蒂圖像）

The penny is just one of many items that DOGE may consider eliminating as it aims to cut $2 trillion in federal spending. However, Musk stated in early January that DOGE may not reach its intended $2 trillion target.

一分錢只是Doge可能會考慮消除的眾多項目之一，因為它旨在減少200萬億美元的聯邦支出。然而，馬斯克在1月初表示，道德可能無法達到其預期的2萬億美元目標。

“I think we'll try for $2 trillion. I think that's like the best-case outcome,” Musk told Stagwell Inc. CEO Mark Penn, adding that he believes if DOGE aims for $2 trillion in cuts, it has a “good shot at getting $1 [trillion].”

“我認為我們將以2萬億美元的價格嘗試。我認為這就像最好的結果一樣，”馬斯克告訴斯塔格威爾公司（Stagwell Inc.