埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk

在唐纳德·特朗普总统签署了一项行政命令后，周二正式成为政府的一员，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·马斯克（Elon Musk）领导的政府效率部（DOGE）正在探索减少政府支出的方法。一个潜在的目标是一分钱。

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.

唐纳德·特朗普总统签署了一项行政命令后，杜格（Doge）于周二成为政府的官方一部分，他在X上发表了一分钱，该公司的生产损失了美国纳税人数千万美元。这表明一分钱可能是要淘汰的项目之一。

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.

马斯克的倡议旨在削减2万亿美元的联邦支出，并没有直接指出将消除一分钱。但是，它强调，生产一分钱的成本是其实际价值的三倍。

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.

根据美国造币厂的说法，在2024财政年度，每一分钱的价格为3.69美分，使纳税人耗资1.19亿美元。这标志着一分钱的生产成本连续第19年超过其面值。

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.

一分钱是美国造币厂于1792年建立之后生产的第一批硬币之一。当首次引入时，一分钱更大，完全由铜制成。根据美国造币厂的说法，今天的小便士主要由锌组成。

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

为了进行比较，加拿大政府由于通货膨胀侵蚀了其购买力，于2012年从其造币系统中删除了一分钱。

“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年的经济行动计划说：“随着时间的推移，一分钱的负担随着其作为付款方式的价值而增加。”

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

一分钱当时仅保留了其原始购买力的二十分之一。

“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.

报告指出：“现在，一些加拿大人认为，由于购买价值的降低，一分钱比有用的硬币更令人讨厌。”

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)

根据美国造币厂的说法，在2024财政年度，每一分钱的价格为3.69美分，使纳税人耗资1.19亿美元。 （蒂姆·博伊尔 /盖蒂图像） /盖蒂图像）

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.

一分钱只是Doge可能会考虑消除的众多项目之一，因为它旨在减少200万亿美元的联邦支出。然而，马斯克在1月初表示，道德可能无法达到其预期的2万亿美元目标。

“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].”

“我认为我们将以2万亿美元的价格尝试。我认为这就像最好的结果一样，”马斯克告诉斯塔格威尔公司（Stagwell Inc.